S0425: Corona Updates
Corona Updates is Android spyware that took advantage of the Coronavirus pandemic. The campaign distributing this spyware is tracked as Project Spy. Multiple variants of this spyware have been discovered to have been hosted on the Google Play Store.[1]
Security context for executives and security teams
S0425: Corona Updates describes [Corona Updates](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0425) is Android spyware that took advantage of the Coronavirus pandemic. The campaign distributing this spyware is tracked as Project Spy. Multiple variants of this spyware have been discovered to have been hosted on the Google Play Store.(Citation: TrendMicro Coronavirus Updates)
Executive priority
S0425: Corona Updates is an official MITRE ATT&CK software. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.
Technical view
Security teams should validate S0425: Corona Updates by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Android), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.
Likely telemetry
- Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata
Detection direction
- Validate whether S0425: Corona Updates appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
- Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
- Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.
Mitigation priorities
- Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
- Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
- Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.
Additional notes and limits
Baseline Glexia take generated from the official MITRE ATT&CK STIX object, source hash, tactics, platforms, and detection fields. It is safe to replace with a richer model-generated take for the same source hash later.
This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Corona Updates
Corona Updates is Android spyware that took advantage of the Coronavirus pandemic. The campaign distributing this spyware is tracked as Project Spy. Multiple variants of this spyware have been discovered to have been hosted on the Google Play Store.[1]
How security teams should use this page
Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.
Techniques used
This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.
| Domain | ID | Name | Relationship / procedure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile | T1582 | SMS Control | Corona Updates can send SMS messages.[1] |
| Mobile | T1636.002 | Call LogSub-technique | Corona Updates can collect the device’s call log.[1] |
| Mobile | T1517 | Access Notifications | Corona Updates can collect messages from GSM, WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, and Threema by reading the application’s notification content.[1] |
| Mobile | T1430 | Location Tracking | Corona Updates can track the device’s location.[1] |
| Mobile | T1533 | Data from Local System | Corona Updates can collect voice notes, device accounts, and gallery images.[1] |
| Mobile | T1512 | Video Capture | Corona Updates can take pictures using the camera and can record MP4 files.[1] |
| Mobile | T1636.003 | Contact ListSub-technique | Corona Updates can collect device contacts.[1] |
| Mobile | T1636.004 | SMS MessagesSub-technique | Corona Updates can collect SMS messages.[1] |
| Mobile | T1429 | Audio Capture | Corona Updates can record MP4 files and monitor calls.[1] |
| Mobile | T1437.001 | Web ProtocolsSub-technique | Corona Updates communicates with the C2 server using HTTP requests.[1] |
| Mobile | T1422 | System Network Configuration Discovery | Corona Updates can collect device network configuration information, such as Wi-Fi SSID and IMSI.[1] |
| Mobile | T1426 | System Information Discovery | Corona Updates can collect various pieces of device information, including OS version, phone model, and manufacturer.[1] |
| Mobile | T1639.001 | Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 ProtocolSub-technique | Corona Updates has exfiltrated data using FTP.[1] |
| Mobile | T1422.001 | Internet Connection DiscoverySub-technique | Corona Updates can collect device network configuration information, such as Wi-Fi SSID and IMSI.[1] |
| Mobile | T1422.002 | Wi-Fi DiscoverySub-technique | Corona Updates can collect device network configuration information, such as Wi-Fi SSID and IMSI.[1] |
All related ATT&CK context
Object version and sync metadata
The fields below describe the current mirrored snapshot. When Glexia retains multiple ATT&CK source imports, you can open the table to compare the same object across releases (hashes and MITRE timestamps). For MITRE’s own release notes and roadmap, see ATT&CK resources — Updates.
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
| Release | Bundle imported | Object version | Modified | Status | Raw hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.2 | 1.1 | Current bundle | 9fc6f89699f2… | ||
| 19.1 | 1.1 | Older bundle | 9fc6f89699f2… |
Mirrored ATT&CK source object
The raw object is retained through the mirrored ATT&CK source bundle and object hash. The raw endpoint returns the exact object from the mirrored bundle when available.
External references and citations
MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.
- [1]TrendMicro Coronavirus Updates
T. Bao, J. Lu. (2020, April 14). Coronavirus Update App Leads to Project Spy Android and iOS Spyware. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
Open source URL - [2]Concipit1248
(Citation: TrendMicro Coronavirus Updates)
- [3]Wabi Music
(Citation: TrendMicro Coronavirus Updates)
- [4]mitre-attackS0425Open source URL
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