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Gooligan

Gooligan is a malware family that runs privilege escalation exploits on Android devices and then uses its escalated privileges to steal authentication tokens that can be used to access data from many Google applications. Gooligan has been described as part of the Ghost Push Android malware family. [1] [2] [3]

ID: S0290
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Associated Software: Ghost Push
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Type: MALWARE
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Platforms: Android
Version: 1.2
Created: 25 October 2017
Last Modified: 10 October 2019

Associated Software Descriptions

Name Description
Ghost Push

Gooligan has been described as being part of the Ghost Push Android malware family. [2] [3]
Mobile Layer
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Techniques Used

Domain ID Name Use
Mobile T1533 Data from Local System

Gooligan steals authentication tokens that can be used to access data from multiple Google applications.[1]
Mobile T1404 Exploit OS Vulnerability

Gooligan executes Android root exploits.[1]
Mobile T1472 Generate Fraudulent Advertising Revenue

Gooligan can install adware to generate revenue.[1]

References

  1. Check Point Research Team. (2016, November 30). More Than 1 Million Google Accounts Breached by Gooligan. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  2. Adrian Ludwig. (2016, November 29). The fight against Ghost Push continues. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  1. Lookout. (2016, December 1). Ghost Push and Gooligan: One and the same. Retrieved December 12, 2016.