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TF-MAL-apk.alien

📛 Threat Title

Malware family: Alien

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

Description

ThreatFox malware family `apk.alien`. Printable name: Alien. Aliases: AlienBot.

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

IOC database

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

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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.alien

References (1)

Remediations (10)

  • web:arxiv.org

    Interpretable models are especially important in ad-versarial domains such as malware analysis, where understanding the rationale behind a classification can guide remediation efforts and enhance model robust-ness. This paper proposes a novel approach for detect-ing and explaining concept drift in malware families over time.

  • web:cyberindemnity.org

    Understanding the ALIEN TXTBASE Breach: A Deep Dive into 284 Million Compromised Accounts In February 2025, a significant breach came to light involving the ALIEN TXTBASE, a notorious platform that has made waves in the cybersecurity community. With a staggering 23 billion rows of stealer logs uncovered, this incident has raised alarms and prompted urgent discussions around data security. At ...

  • web:echoxec.com

    Mirai Malware in 2025: Variant Behavior, Exploit Chains, and Mitigation Insights This post explores the latest Mirai botnet variants actively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in Samsung MagicINFO, DVR devices, and Wazuh servers. It highlights key behaviors observed through sandbox analysis, exploitation techniques, and provides actionable recommendations to defend against these evolving ...

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

    According to ThreatFabric, this is a fork of Cerberus v1 (active January 2020+). Alien is a rented banking trojan that can remotely control a phone and achieves RAT functionality by abusing TeamViewer.

  • web:near-pure-evil.fandom.com

    After such, Malware became a villain that fought Ben multiple times, working with Dr. Psychobos to create a new omnitrix to go against Azmuth's and then destroyed Ben's favorite alien Feedback, before being supposedly destroyed. Malware actually survived, and worked alongside Psychobos and Khyber to fulfill their goals against Ben.

  • 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.forbes.com

    More than 4,000 U.S. computers and networks have had malware files deleted by the FBI, which said it did not collect other information during the remote operations.

  • web:www.itpro.com

    The US Justice Department and FBI have revealed a joint operation with international partners was able to delete malware injected by Chinese threat actors to thousands of devices around the world.

  • web:www.ncsc.gov.uk

    This guidance helps private and public sector organisations deal with the effects of malware (which includes ransomware). It provides actions to help organisations prevent a malware infection, and also steps to take if you're already infected. Following this guidance will reduce: the likelihood of becoming infected the spread of malware throughout your organisation the impact of the infection

  • web:www.threatfabric.com

    The Alien malware As described in previous sections, the Alien malware is a rented banking Trojan which offers more than the average capabilities of Android banking Trojans. It has common capabilities such as overlay attacks, control and steal SMS messages and harvest the contact list. It can leverage its keylogger for any use and therefore broaden the attack scope further than its target list ...

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