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S1093: FlyTrap

FlyTrap is an Android trojan, first detected in March 2021, that uses social engineering tactics to compromise Facebook accounts. FlyTrap was initially detected through infected apps on the Google Play store, and is believed to have impacted over 10,000 victims across at least 140 countries.[1]

MobileS1093MalwareObject v1.0Modified
Glexia's Take · Automated analysis

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S1093: FlyTrap describes [FlyTrap](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1093) is an Android trojan, first detected in March 2021, that uses social engineering tactics to compromise Facebook accounts. [FlyTrap](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1093) was initially detected through infected apps on the Google Play store, and is believed to have impacted over 10,000 victims across at least 140 countries.(Citation: Trend Micro FlyTrap)

Executive priority

S1093: FlyTrap 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 S1093: FlyTrap 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 S1093: FlyTrap 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.

Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

FlyTrap

FlyTrap is an Android trojan, first detected in March 2021, that uses social engineering tactics to compromise Facebook accounts. FlyTrap was initially detected through infected apps on the Google Play store, and is believed to have impacted over 10,000 victims across at least 140 countries.[1]

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

Glexia analysis

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.

ATT&CK relationship table

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.

7 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
MobileT1437.001Web ProtocolsSub-technique

FlyTrap can use HTTP to communicate with the C2 server.CitationZimperium FlyTrap

MobileT1422.001Internet Connection DiscoverySub-technique

FlyTrap can collect IP address and network configuration information.[1]

MobileT1409Stored Application Data

FlyTrap can collect Facebook account information, such as Facebook ID, email address, cookies, and login tokens.[1]CitationZimperium FlyTrap

MobileT1430Location Tracking

FlyTrap can collect device geolocation data.[1]

MobileT1646Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

FlyTrap can use HTTP to exfiltrate data to the C2 server.CitationZimperium FlyTrap

MobileT1417.002GUI Input CaptureSub-technique

FlyTrap has used infected applications with Facebook login prompts to steal credentials.[1]

MobileT1422System Network Configuration Discovery

FlyTrap can collect IP address and network configuration information.[1]

Relationship explorer

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Change history

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.

ATT&CK release
19.2
Object version
1.0
Created
Modified
Raw hash
e0c239c6ee54b10d...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
19.21.0Current bundlee0c239c6ee54…
19.11.0Older bundlee0c239c6ee54…
Raw source

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.

Source references

External references and citations

MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.

  1. [1]
    Trend Micro FlyTrap

    Trend Micro. (2021, August 17). FlyTrap Android Malware Is Taking Over Facebook Accounts — Protect Yourself With a Malware Scanner. Retrieved September 28, 2023.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    mitre-attackS1093
    Open source URL
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