App squatting¶
In “App Squatting”, attackers release apps with identifiers that are confusingly similar to those of popular apps or well-known Internet brands.
Fake apps repackage an app and are relatively easy discovered as the identifiers (app name or package name) are changed.
Related labs¶
Resources¶
Yangyu Hu, Mobile App Squatting, 2020, IW3C2
PiRogue tool suite: Beginner guide - How to handle a potentially malicious mobile app
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2025-06-07 06:04