SMS Forwarder (provisional)
Malware family · 7 sample(s) · 10 indicator record(s) · 2 signing certificate(s) · Active 2026-08-17 → 2026-10-05 (experimental)
About SMS Forwarder (provisional)
A broad class of simple Android OTP/SMS stealers (packages like
com.example.smsforwarder) that register a RECEIVE_SMS receiver and
exfiltrate every incoming message - one-time passwords above all - to the
operator. Two exfil channels are seen in the wild and both are recovered
binary-only:
- Telegram bot - the message is sent through the Telegram Bot API; the bot
token(s) (
<id>:<authstring>) and targetchat_idare hardcoded, soapi.telegram.orgis the C2 and the bot token is the actionable IOC (report the bot, block the channel). A single build often carries more than one bot token (primary + fallback). - HTTP drop - the message is POSTed to a hardcoded endpoint, typically a
bare IP with an
/sms/ingestPHP handler.
Family label is provisional - these are commodity builders, not a single actor.
Indicators
| Indicator | Type | Sample | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| api.telegram.org | domain | 3dbbc7a01101… | 2026-09-20 |
| api.telegram.org | domain | 0050e3ef2812… | 2026-09-03 |
| api.telegram.org | domain | a23457417014… | 2026-09-30 |
| api.telegram.org | domain | c25f721eba1d… | 2026-08-17 |
| api.telegram.org | domain | 9354d54a1c6b… | 2026-08-17 |
| api.telegram.org | domain | e9f1b821f204… | 2026-10-05 |
| vip-panel-krish-developer.42web.io/ | domain | 3dbbc7a01101… | 2026-09-20 |
| vip-panel-krish-developer.42web.io/ | domain | c25f721eba1d… | 2026-08-17 |
| vip-panel-krish-developer.42web.io/ | domain | 9354d54a1c6b… | 2026-08-17 |
| 158.247.219.34/sms/sms_ingest.php | ip | b920ac40a219… | 2026-09-27 |