GoldDigger
GoldDigger is an Android malware family used by the financially motivated Chinese-speaking cybercrime group GoldFactory. It has been observed targeting mobile users in South Korea, Indonesia, and Thailand, and is also referenced alongside other GoldFactory malware families including GoldPickaxe and GoldDiggerPlus. Supporting reporting states GoldFactory has conducted mobile-focused fraud campaigns against users in Southeast Asia, impersonating government services and distributing modified banking applications via social engineering, phone calls, messaging apps, and fake Google Play landing pages. In these broader campaigns, GoldFactory used Android malware and remote-access tooling that abused accessibility services for remote control, injected malicious code into legitimate banking apps, and employed runtime-hooking frameworks such as Frida, Dobby, and Pine to bypass security features and hide malicious activity. High-confidence content specifically ties GoldDigger to Android detections including Android.BankBot.GoldDigger.9 and Android.BankBot.GoldDigger.11, indicating banking-trojan activity on Android devices. The available content does not provide malware-specific technical details or indicators of compromise unique to GoldDigger beyond its Android banking-trojan classification, regional victimology, and association with GoldFactory.
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Groups observed using it
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Techniques & procedures
1 distinct technique documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
Recent activity
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Custom mobile malware family used by the GoldFactory cybercrime group; specific functionality not described in the provided excerpt.
Android banking trojan used against users in South Korea, Indonesia, and Thailand.
Android banking trojan used against users in South Korea, Indonesia, and Thailand; specific TTPs not detailed in the provided text beyond being a banking trojan.
Banking trojan used to target mobile banking applications, stealing credentials and bypassing security features.
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