Analysts from Kaspersky Lab announced the discovery of Backdoor.AndroidOS.Torec.a , a Trojan that uses the network TOR (The Onion Router) to send the data. According to Kaspersky Lab, this is the first malware of this kind for the mobile operating system from Google.
TOR is a low-latency network built on a network of proxy servers, communications, enabling act without trace, which maintains the anonymity of the IP address and the information that travels through this network. This network has “many advantages to users’, since the TOR allows millions of people around the world can use and express themselves freely on the network without leaving footprints.
However, this kind of free software in the wrong hands can lead to serious security risks. There are several Trojans that use the TOR network, but ‘had never seen a specific’ to the operating system from Google. Cybercriminals used as template malicious files that use Windows-based network TOR to create this malware for Android.
Torec.a Orbot is based on an open source platform TOR client for Android, and uses a domain. onion as a C & C to send its commands.
Kaspersky Lab recommends that users do not download applications from third-party stores to prevent infection by this type of malware and install updates as soon as they are available.
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