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Non-compromised users are advised not to download any updates until BigNox notifies that it has mitigated the threat. In case users find an intrusion, they should reinstall NoxPlayer from clean media. The security firm has laid out some instructions to help users figure out if their system has been compromised in its report. However, ESET recommends all NoxPlayer users stay cautious. As of now, the malware-laden NoxPlayer updates have only been delivered to five victims located in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka.
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The attack was discovered by Slovak security firm ESET on January 25 last week and targeted BigNox, a company that makes NoxPlayer, a software client.
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Reports suggest that the malware group intended to. A mysterious hacking group has compromised the server infrastructure of a popular Android emulator and sent malware to a handful of victims across Asia in a highly targeted supply chain attack. Instead, the attackers focused on specific machines, suggesting that this was a highly-targeted attack looking to infect only a certain class of users. One of the most popular Android emulator is discovered to contain multiple malware strains, say the security researchers. Therefore, so far, only five people from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka have been identified as affected by the infected version of NoxPlayer.In a report regarding the attack, ESET reveals that it has identified three different malware families that are being "distributed from tailored malicious updates to select victims, with no sign of leveraging any financial gain, but rather surveillance-related capabilities."ĮSET further reveals that even though the attackers had access to BigNox servers since at least September 2020, they didn't target all of the company's users. Based on this, the experts conclude that they have discovered a narrowly targeted attack aimed at infecting a certain class of users. While analysts believe the attackers have had access to BigNox’s servers since at least September 2020, the hackers did not attack the company’s entire sizable user base, but instead focused their efforts on specific machines. The other two malware were already known to experts: they were variations of Gh0st RAT (with keylogger capabilities) and PoisonIvy RAT. A previously unknown malware that allows tracking victims and that is also capable of executing commands received from the command and control server, deleting files, downloading and uploading files, and so on. The following threats were distributed through NoxPlayer. They do not contain any indication that hackers are pursuing financial gain, but rather are intended for surveillance. It was noticed that through malicious updates, among selected victims were distributed three families of malware. Using the obtained access, the hackers “worked” with the URL address to download the updates and, as a result, distributed malware among NoxPlayer users. The researchers write that they discovered an attack targeting BigNox on January 25, 2021.Īccording to them, the attackers compromised one of the company’s official APIs (), as well as file hosting servers (). The emulator is developed by the Hong Kong company BigNox and is used by more than 150,000,000 users in 150 countries.
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NoxPlayer is free and designed to emulate Android applications on Windows or macOS computers. The attack was discovered by Slovak security firm ESET on January 25, last week, and targeted BigNox, a company that makes NoxPlayer, a software client for emulating. * * * ESET experts discovered an attack on the supply chain, during which an unknown hack group compromised the developers of the popular Android emulator NoxPlayer and infected it with the malware code. Image: BigNox, ZDNet A mysterious hacking group has compromised the server infrastructure of a popular Android emulator and has delivered malware to a handful of victims across Asia in a highly-targeted supply chain attack. The GridinSoft Blog is not responsible for the accuracy of the information provided by BigNox.
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UPDATE: BigNox contacted us and said that they “contacted cybersecurity firm ESET to determine the root cause of the issue,” and at this point “fixed all issues.”ĮSET has released an update to the article stating that hackers have infected the android NoxPlayer emulator with malware, and we are also adding following information: “BigNox stated that they sent the latest files to the update server for NoxPlayer and that when launching NoxPlayer now will start a scan of application files previously installed on users’ computers.” Febru0 In a recent development, an unknown hacker group has got hold of the popular Android emulator NoxPlayer to insert malware on victim’s devices in the Asian region.
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