Malware

AhMyth Android RAT, another open source Android RAT Tool available on GitHub

The source code of a new Android Remote Administration Tool is available on GitHub, it is dubbed AhMyth Android RAT. You just have to download and test it.

The source code of a new Android Remote Administration Tool is available on GitHub, it is dubbed AhMyth Android RAT.

The malicious code is still in beta version, the AhMyth Android RAT consists of two parts:

The Server side: desktop application based on electron framework (control panel)
The Client side: Android application (backdoor)

According to the author, the unique prerequisites from the source code are:

Electron (to start the app)
Java (to generate apk backdoor)
Electron-builder and electron-packer (to build binaries for (OSX,WINDOWS,LINUX))

meanwhile the prerequisites from the binaries:

Download a binary from https://github.com/AhMyth/AhMyth-Android-RAT/releases
Java (to generate apk backdoor)

The author of the malware also published a video PoC:

Several malware researchers already noticed the availability of the malware online, such as Lukas Stefanko, a malware researcher at ESET, which is focused on Android security and Android malware.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(Security Affairs – Android RAT, malware)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.