Stealthy Trojan that roots Android devices makes its way on app stores

The Google Play store has become better in recent years at policing malware, raising the bar for attackers, but well-crafted stealthy Trojans continue to slip in from time to time. Such is the case of AbstractEmu, a recently discovered threat masquerading as utility apps and capable of gaining full control over devices through root exploits.

“This is a significant discovery because widely distributed malware with root capabilities have become rare over the past five years,” researchers from security firm Lookout said in a recent analysis. “As the Android ecosystem matures there are fewer exploits that affect a large number of devices, making them less useful for threat actors.”

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