How to Protect Android Apps Against AhMyth Malware

Learn how to detect and protect against AhMyth Android malware in Android apps in mobile CI/CD using Appdome’s no-code unified mobile app defense platform.

What is AhMyth?

AhMyth is an Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that provides attackers with the ability to remotely control an infected device. It’s typically used for espionage and data theft. AhMyth allows attackers to access files and apps on the device, capture photos and record audio using the camera and microphone, manage SMS messages and calls, and track the device’s location. Additionally, AhMyth can capture keystrokes, enabling it to steal sensitive information. It is usually distributed through malicious apps or APKs, and often masquerades as legitimate apps to gain access to users’ devices.

Following are some of the exploit methods used by AhMyth as well as mobile functions it abuses:

• Remote access to control the device.
• Access to the camera and microphone for capturing photos and recording audio.
• Management of SMS messages and calls.
• Location tracking to determine the device’s geographic position.
• Keylogging to capture keystrokes and steal sensitive information.

How Does Appdome Protect Against AhMyth?

Taking all the above into consideration, you can use Appdome to protect against AhMyth using a combination of following protection methods:

• RASP – Prevents AhMyth from injecting itself into installed apps and repackaging them.
• Code Obfuscation – Protects against decompiling and malicious reverse engineering.
• Root Detection – Protects app from running on rooted Android device.
• Anti Remote Desktop Control – detects malicious 3rd party apps that attempt to remotely control your protected mobile application.
• Keylogging Prevention – Prevents the use of malicious keyloggers which may be used to intercept two-factor authentication codes or harvest sensitive information.
• Google Play Store Signature Validation – protects against fake apps, clones, masquerading.
• Detect Fake Location – Detect when an attacker modifies or interferes with the device level geolocation using hooking, tampering or other reverse engineering methods and tools that can be used to modify or spoof GPS data or signals.

Each of the protections above are linked to the relevent knowledge base article for that feature, which provide detailed information about each feature and also explain how to implement each protection in your Android app.

Prerequisites

To use Appdome’s to protect Android apps against AhMyth, you’ll need the following:

• Appdome account (create a free Appdome account here)
• A license for the relevant features mentioned above.
• Mobile App (.apk or .aab for Android)
• Signing Credentials (see Signing Secure Android apps). 

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