Agent Smith
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 07/05/2020 17:18
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:41
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 9 attack patterns (mitre)
Description
[Agent Smith](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0440) is mobile malware that generates financial gain by replacing legitimate applications on devices with malicious versions that include fraudulent ads. As of July 2019 [Agent Smith](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0440) had infected around 25 million devices, primarily targeting India though effects had been observed in other Asian countries as well as Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.(Citation: CheckPoint Agent Smith)
Marking (TLP)
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