Adb.miner infects your android device to mine monero

Malicious tools related to cryptocurrency mining have taken a new step with the appearance of a new malware called ADB.miner, this is aimed at Android-based devices, which have debugging capabilities exposed, to mine Monero.

ADB.miner is a new malware that mine Monero on your smartphone

Radware researchers detected a malware called ADB.miner that affects Android devices that Monero undermines. This malware can only affect devices that have Android Debug Bridge (ADB) enabled.

ADB.miner accesses the root shell using the Android SDK platform tools and with all ADB connections starting with the CNXN fixed chain. This new threat is spreading globally and impacting infected devices in terms of CPU resources and power consumption.

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ADB.miner was detected when the researchers noticed a significant increase in activity against port 5555, which is used by TR069 / 064 exploits, other researchers also noted the increase in traffic. The researchers noted that the malicious code set spreads rapidly through worm-like infections, most of which were found mainly in China and South Korea.

“The malicious code reuses mirai in the code scanning phase, this is the first time that mirai code appears, it is the reuse of the Android worm. Overall, we believe that malicious code based on the debug interface of the Android system is spreading to worms and more than 5, 000 devices in 24 hours. ”

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