This tool identified as SandroRAT McAfee was advertised to be an Android application that could be used to take control of smartphones from a computer. In late December last year, users spread news about the availability of a RAT tool on a hacker forum. But the App apparently did not catch the fancy of Android users and faded into obscurity. Researchers at Symantec have been monitoring the evolution of the threat, which was first released in April 2013 on Google Play as Sandroid, a legitimate application for controlling PCs from an Android smartphone. Sandroid in its original avatar on Google Play Legitimate roots The failure spurred them into the unintended world of crimeware and turned the App into a tool for cyber criminals. The developers whom Symantec has traced back to India, were apparently disappointed with the failure of the Google App to take off. Researchers at Symantec have been analyzing a new Remote Access Tool (RAT) for Android called DroidJack, which might have started out as an App on the Google play store. Developers turn to crimeware and release DroidJack RAT after their Android App failed to take offÄevelopers turn to crimeware and release DroidJack RAT after their Android App failed to take off.
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