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MITRE ATT&CK Technique

T1516: Input Injection

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A malicious application can inject input to the user interface to mimic user interaction through the abuse of Android's accessibility APIs. [Input Injection](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1516) can be achieved using any of the following methods: * Mimicking user clicks on the screen, for example to steal money from a user's PayPal account.(Citation: android-trojan-steals-paypal-2fa) * Injecting global actions, such as `GLOBAL_ACTION_BACK` (programatically mimicking a physical back button press), to trigger actions on behalf of the user.(Citation: Talos Gustuff Apr 2019) * Inserting input into text fields on behalf of the user. This method is used legitimately to auto-fill text fields by applications such as password managers.(Citation: bitwarden autofill logins)

Tactics
Defense EvasionImpact
Platforms
Android

▪Mitigations (2)

M1011User Guidance

Describes any guidance or training given to users to set particular configuration settings or avoid specific potentially risky behaviors.

M1012Enterprise Policy

An enterprise mobility management (EMM), also known as mobile device management (MDM), system can be used to provision policies to mobile devices to control aspects of their allowed behavior.

▪Software using this technique (14)

S0403RiltokmalwareS0406GustuffmalwareS0423GinpmalwareS0427TrickMomalwareS0479DEFENSOR IDmalwareS0480CerberusmalwareS0485MandrakemalwareS0494ZenmalwareS0545TERRACOTTAmalwareS1055SharkBotmalwareS1062S.O.V.A.malwareS1094BRATAmalwareS1231GodFathermalwareS9004Crocodilusmalware

▪Reference

T1516on MITRE ATT&CK

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