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TF-MAL-apk.hiddenad

📛 Threat Title

Malware family: HiddenAd

Category: HiddenAd First seen: Last updated: Source: ThreatFox Malwares

Description

ThreatFox malware family `apk.hiddenad`. Printable name: HiddenAd.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

Each indicator is enriched from the IOC database, threat-intel feed corroboration (Threat Hunt) and VirusTotal. Click one to expand.

domain apk.hiddenad VT: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/apk.hiddenad

IOC database

Type
domain
Value
apk.hiddenad
First seen
Last seen
Attached to this threat
Appears in
1 threat
Description
Extracted from Threat TF-MAL-apk.hiddenad

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Threat Hunt — feed corroboration

Not present in any configured threat-intel feed.

Details From VirusTotal

VirusTotal: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/apk.hiddenad

References (1)

Remediations (10)

  • web:blog.gridinsoft.com

    Microsoft says its malware and unwanted software names follow the CARO naming scheme. In a typical Defender name, the part before the colon is the type, the part after the colon is the platform, the part after the slash is the family , and a suffix beginning with ! is an internal Microsoft indicator.

  • web:dl.acm.org

    Behaviour of malware family : Malware performs various malfunctions on the victim's phone. It is essential to know about these malicious activities that they perform and characterize the families according to their behaviour.

  • web:learn.microsoft.com

    Remediate security weaknesses discovered through security recommendations, and create exceptions if needed, in Defender Vulnerability Management.

  • web:malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de

    HiddenAd is a malware that shows ads as overlays on the phone.

  • web:windowsforum.com

    The emergence of RESURGE signals more than just another entry in a long line of malware threats. According to CISA, RESURGE contains advanced persistence features inherited from the SPAWNCHIMERA malware family—a group notorious for its ability to survive system reboots and avoid simplistic remediation .

  • web:www.cisa.gov

    It highlights technical approaches to uncovering malicious activity and includes mitigation steps according to best practices. The purpose of this report is to enhance incident response among partners and network administrators along with serving as a playbook for incident investigation.

  • web:www.nature.com

    hierarchical deep learning framework for Portable Executable (PE) malware detection and family categorization, underpinned by a novel Doubly Regularized Binary Cross-Entropy (DRBCE) loss function ...

  • web:www.ncsc.gov.uk

    How to defend organisations against malware or ransomware attacks.

  • web:www.pcrisk.com

    What is HiddenAds ? Discovered by Dr. Web researchers, HiddenAds is a malware family targeting Android operating systems. This group comprises numerous malicious applications; most operate as adware (display ads), but some are also capable of stealthily subscribing victims to premium-rate services and stealing their social networking accounts. At the time of research, HiddenAds apps were ...

  • web:www.sciencedirect.com

    Due to the rapid development of anti-virus engines, the family information of malware can be obtained from the anti-virus labels (abbreviated as AV labels1) generated by various vendors. A standard AV label consists of platform, malware type, malware family , variant component, and additional information that is prepended or appended to the name.

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