Legitimate Android app records audio every 15 minutes, delete it immediately
iRecorder – Screen Recorder was a legitimate Android app available to download from the Google Play store. Its purpose is very clear from the name. Until August 2022, that’s all it did: let you record the screen. But an update gave iRecorder powers that turned it into a spying tool. iRecorder got the ability to use the microphone to capture audio data every 15 minutes. It also allowed the creator to download certain types of files from the phone.
What’s puzzling about the app is the developer’s behavior. “It is rare for a developer to upload a legitimate app, wait almost a year, and then update it with malicious code,”The developer released iRecorder in September 2021. The malware-enabling update came the following August, escaping Google’s Play Store security checks. ESET says the August 2022 update was based on “the open-source AhMyth Android RAT and has been customized into what we named AhRat.
The August update only implemented a set of potential spying features. Like extracting audio recordings and other files. But the researchers observed that other malicious features were not enabled.
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