Generally speaking, even though malware for mobile devices has its own nuances caused by the different environment and use cases of the affected systems, many motivation patterns behind attack stays the same across multiple platforms. In this section, we are going to dive deep into various examples of mobile malware functionality and learn what methods it uses in order to achieve malevolent goals.
Malware behavior patterns
Attack stages
Now that we know how things are supposed to work, let's take a look at how malware authors leverage this. Here, we will go through various attack stages common for the vast majority of malware, which will enable us to see these patterns in the analyzed samples and this way understand their purpose...
