Android Malware Analysis : Dissecting Hydra Dropper

Hydra is another android bankbot variant. It uses overlay to steal information like Anubis . Its name comes from command and control panel. Through July 2018 to March 2019 there was atleast 8-10 sample on Google Play Store. Distribution of malware is similar to Anubis cases. Dropper apps are uploaded to Play Store. But unlike Anubis, Dropper apps extract dex file from png file with kinda stenography and downloads malicious app from command and control server with dropped dex. You can find the sample that I will go through in this post here : Dropper

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