SpyC23
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 26/03/2024 20:12
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:41
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 25 attack patterns (mitre), 1 intrusion sets (apt)
Description
[SpyC23](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1195) is a mobile malware that has been used by [APT-C-23](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1028) since at least 2017. [SpyC23](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1195) has been observed primarily targeting Android devices in the Middle East.(Citation: welivesecurity_apt-c-23)
There are multiple close variants of [SpyC23](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1195), such as VAMP(Citation: Unit42 VAMP 2017), GnatSpy(Citation: Trendmicro GnatSpy 2017), [Desert Scorpion](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0505) and [FrozenCell](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0577), which add some additional functionality but are not significantly different from the original malware.
Marking (TLP)
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