PULSE NAME
Uncovering a Global Android Carrier Billing Fraud Campaign
WHITE AlienVault 2026-05-20 Modified: 2026-05-21
6
IOCs
LOW VOLUME
A sophisticated Android malware campaign has been identified conducting carrier billing fraud through premium SMS abuse across Malaysia, Thailand, Romania, and Croatia. The operation comprises nearly 250 malicious applications that selectively target users based on their mobile operators, silently subscribing victims to premium services without consent. The malware demonstrates advanced capabilities including precise regional targeting with hardcoded SIM operator validation, automated subscription workflows using WebView manipulation and JavaScript injection, OTP interception via abuse of Google's SMS Retriever API, and Telegram-based exfiltration of device metadata. The campaign impersonates popular applications including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Minecraft, and Grand Theft Auto to lure victims. Active from March 2025 through January 2026, the operation employs three distinct variants with increasing levels of sophistication, utilizing distributed command and control infrastructure and systematic refer...
Indicators of Compromise (6)
All domain hostname
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
domain apkafa.com 2026-05-20
domain modobomz.com 2026-05-20
hostname api.modobomco.com 2026-05-20
hostname apizep.mwmze.com 2026-05-20
hostname onesignal.mwmze.com 2026-05-20
hostname onesignalmdb.modobomz.com 2026-05-20