{"id":17745,"date":"2023-12-04T12:29:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T06:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17745"},"modified":"2025-04-05T06:21:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T00:51:32","slug":"fjord-phantom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/fjord-phantom\/","title":{"rendered":"What is FjordPhantom?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About FjordPhantom<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a new\u00a0malware that\u00a0employs virtualization to elude detection and target applications.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0propagates through messaging services and combines app-based malware with social engineering to\u00a0deceive banking customers.<\/li>\n<li>It strategically zeroes in\u00a0on users\u00a0within Southeast Asia, encompassing countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam.<\/li>\n<li>Working:\n<ul>\n<li>It\u00a0utilizes email, SMS, and\u00a0messaging apps\u00a0to entice users\u00a0into unwittingly\u00a0downloading what appears to be a legitimate banking\u00a0app, which contains FjordPhantom.<\/li>\n<li>When this app gets installed, the\u00a0attackers,\u00a0posing as customer service representatives, guide\u00a0the\u00a0users through the\u00a0steps to run the app.<\/li>\n<li>The malware\u00a0uses virtualization\u00a0to create a virtual container to run this app, and attackers can monitor the user\u2019s actions and\u00a0steal their credentials.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0facilitates attackers in gaining access to files and memory, conducting debugging, and injecting code into other apps.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, the malware\u00a0logs various actions\u00a0performed by the targeted applications, signifying active development and suggesting potential targeting of other apps in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Malware?<\/h3>\n<p>Malware, or malicious software, is any program or file that is intentionally harmful to a computer, network or server. Types of malware include computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware and spyware. These malicious programs steal, encrypt and delete sensitive data; alter or hijack core computing functions and monitor end users&#8217; computer activity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cybersecuritynews.com\/fjordphantom-spreads-via-sms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>New Android Malware FjordPhantom Spreads Covertly Via Email, SMS, &amp; Messaging Apps<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FjordPhantom is a new malware that employs virtualization to elude detection and target applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17745","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}