In late August 2024, Kaspersky researchers attention was drawn to a Spotify mod called Spotify Plus, version 18.9.40.5. At the time of writing this, the mod could be downloaded from spotiplus[.]xyz and several related sites that linked to it.
The original website claimed that the mod was certified, safe, and contained numerous additional features not found in the official app. The research team decided to verify the claims about the application’s safety by downloading the latest version from this website (acb7a06803e6de85986ac49e9c9f69f1) and analyzing it.
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Source: Kaspersky
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