MoqHao evolution: New variants start automatically right after installation

Authored by Dexter Shin 

MoqHao is a well-known Android malware family associated with the Roaming Mantis threat actor group first discovered in 2015. McAfee Mobile Research Team has also posted several articles related to this malware family that traditionally targets Asian countries such as Korea and Japan. 

 Recently McAfee Mobile Research Team found that MoqHao began distributing variants using very dangerous technique. Basically, the distribution method is the same. They send a link to download the malicious app via the …

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