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Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637)

Agent Smith is mobile malware that generates financial gain by replacing legitimate applications on devices with malicious versions that include fraudulent ads. As of July 2019 Agent Smith had infected around 25 million devices, primarily targeting India though effects had been observed in other Asian countries as well as Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.(Citation: CheckPoint Agent Smith)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1655.001 (114fed8b-7eed-4136-8b9c-411c5c7fff4b) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation - T1404 (351c0927-2fc1-4a2c-ad84-cbbee7eb8172) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
File Deletion - T1630.002 (ab7400b7-3476-4776-9545-ef3fa373de63) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware Suppress Application Icon - T1628.001 (f05fc151-aa62-47e3-ae57-2d1b23d64bf6) Attack Pattern 1
Compromise Application Executable - T1577 (d3bc5020-f6a2-41c0-8ccb-5e563101b60c) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Software Discovery - T1418 (198ce408-1470-45ee-b47f-7056050d4fc2) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware Generate Traffic from Victim - T1643 (a8e971b8-8dc7-4514-8249-ae95427ec467) Attack Pattern 1
Process Discovery - T1424 (1b51f5bc-b97a-498a-8dbd-bc6b1901bf19) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Steganography - T1406.001 (fa801609-ca8e-415e-815e-65f3826ff4df) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1655.001 (114fed8b-7eed-4136-8b9c-411c5c7fff4b) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1655 (f856eaab-e84a-4265-a8a2-7bf37e5dc2fc) Attack Pattern 2
Indicator Removal on Host - T1630 (0d4e3bbb-7af5-4c88-a215-0c0906bc1e8d) Attack Pattern File Deletion - T1630.002 (ab7400b7-3476-4776-9545-ef3fa373de63) Attack Pattern 2
Hide Artifacts - T1628 (fc53309d-ebd5-4573-9242-57024ebdad4f) Attack Pattern Suppress Application Icon - T1628.001 (f05fc151-aa62-47e3-ae57-2d1b23d64bf6) Attack Pattern 2
Steganography - T1406.001 (fa801609-ca8e-415e-815e-65f3826ff4df) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1406 (d13fa042-8f26-44e1-a2a8-af0bf8e2ac9a) Attack Pattern 2