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Researchers described this MobOk malware as a powerful backdoor since it has sophisticated capabilities to take almost complete control over the infected Android device.

Developers of this Pink Camera apps added evasion techniques to hide suspicious activities and avoid detection. The apps included a genuine photo editing functionality, and the users completely believe it since the app downloaded from the Google Play Store.

Once the app will be installed into the victims mobile, it requests to grant permission for the notification from the user and perform malicious activities in the background.

The primary motivation of these apps has subscribed the user to paid mobile subscription services.

MobOk Malware Infection Process

After the complete infection, MobOk malware starts collecting the device information, including phone number and the attackers send the webpage for the premium subscription, which requires users to pay for the service.

Meanwhile, The malware will open a secret browser in the background, and it uses the victim’s phone number that was already collected and the Malware would insert it into the “subscribe” field and confirm the purchase.