Godless, an emerging mobile malware threat capable of rooting Android phones, has started to adopt the traits of an exploit kit, in that it searches for multiple vulnerabilities through which it can automatically infect a victim. Once it successfully executes, the malware gains root access to the device, granting it full control. Christopher Budd, global threats communications manager at Trend Micro, told SCMagazine.com in an interview that Godless is ostensibly an “encyclopedia of known, good attacks against various vulnerabilities… It’s loading up on attacks and using whatever will work, similar to what we see with exploit kits on the PC side. And it’s consistent with an overall macro trend over the years, where [threats] have migrated from desktop side over to the mobile side.”
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine
