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[ "Malware", "code", "showing", "initializing", "broadcast", "receiver", "Figure", "15", "." ]
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501
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502
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503
[ "Lookout", "notified", "Google", "of", "the", "finding", "and", "Google", "removed", "the", "app", "immediately", "while", "also", "taking", "action", "on", "it", "in", "Google", "Play", "Protect", "." ]
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504
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505
[ "We", "'ve", "seen", "this", "actor", "rely", "heavily", "on", "phishing", "campaigns", "to", "trick", "victims", "into", "downloading", "their", "malicious", "apps", ",", "specifically", "on", "Facebook", "." ]
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506
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507
[ ")", ",", "and", "less", "screen", "real", "estate", "for", "victims", "to", "identify", "potential", "indicators", "of", "a", "threat", "." ]
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508
[ "Lookout", "customers", "are", "protected", "against", "this", "threat", "and", "additionally", "we", "have", "included", "a", "list", "of", "IOCs", "at", "the", "end", "of", "this", "report", "." ]
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509
[ "The", "potential", "actor", "and", "who", "they", "target", "Our", "current", "analysis", "strongly", "suggests", "Desert", "Scorpion", "is", "being", "deployed", "in", "targeted", "attacks", "against", "Middle", "Eastern", "individuals", "of", "interest", "speci...
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510
[ "We", "have", "been", "able", "to", "tie", "the", "malware", "to", "a", "long-running", "Facebook", "profile", "that", "we", "observed", "promoting", "the", "first", "stage", "of", "this", "family", ",", "a", "malicious", "chat", "application", "called", "Da...
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511
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512
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513
[ "What", "it", "does", "The", "surveillance", "functionality", "of", "Desert", "Scorpion", "resides", "in", "a", "second", "stage", "payload", "that", "can", "only", "be", "downloaded", "if", "the", "victim", "has", "downloaded", ",", "installed", ",", "and", ...
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514
[ "The", "chat", "application", "acts", "as", "a", "dropper", "for", "this", "second-stage", "payload", "app", "." ]
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515
[ "At", "the", "time", "of", "writing", "Lookout", "has", "observed", "two", "updates", "to", "the", "Dardesh", "application", ",", "the", "first", "on", "February", "26", "and", "the", "second", "on", "March", "28", "." ]
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516
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517
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518
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519
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520
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521
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522
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523
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524
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525
[ "Virulent", "Android", "malware", "returns", ",", "gets", ">", "2", "million", "downloads", "on", "Google", "Play", "HummingWhale", "is", "back", "with", "new", "tricks", ",", "including", "a", "way", "to", "gin", "user", "ratings", "." ]
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526
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527
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528
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529
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530
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531
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532
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533
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534
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535
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536
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537
[ "That", "creates", "a", "fake", "ID", "that", "allows", "the", "perpetrators", "to", "generate", "referral", "revenues", "." ]
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538
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539
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540
[ "It", "has", "the", "added", "benefit", "of", "installing", "a", "nearly", "unlimited", "number", "of", "fraudulent", "apps", "without", "overloading", "the", "infected", "device", "." ]
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541
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542
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543
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544
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545
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546
[ "A", "separate", "app", "from", "Check", "Point", "competitor", "Lookout", "also", "detects", "the", "threat", "as", "a", "variant", "of", "the", "Shedun", "malware", "family", "." ]
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547
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548
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549
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550
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551
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552
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553
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570
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[ "A", "full", "list", "of", "all", "possible", "commands", "with", "descriptions", "can", "be", "found", "in", "Appendix", "II", "below", "." ]
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580
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581
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582
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