Since mid-2024, Kaspersky researchers observed a malicious Android campaign leveraging wedding invitations as a lure to social-engineer victims into installing a malicious Android app (APK), which they have named “Tria Stealer” after unique strings found in campaign samples.
The primary targets of the campaign are users in Malaysia and Brunei, with Malaysia being the most affected country. Kaspersky investigation suggests that this campaign is likely operated by an Indonesian-speaking threat actor, as the researchers found artifacts written in the Indonesian language, namely several unique strings embedded in the malware and the naming pattern of the Telegram bots that are used for hosting C2 servers
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Source: Kaspersky
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