Securing Android Phones against Potential Thefts: AhMyth Android RAT

Abstract

Android Smartphones have become an everyday companion for the modern man. Day by day, new improved versions of phones are being introduced into the market. Everyone who owns a smartphone adds more personal data on it daily. Therefore there is a bigger need to secure these devices. Even though various methods have been adopted to secure the phones, a full-scale process is not yet found. We are aiming to develop a system where the user himself can access his phone remotely when it is lost. The proposed system obtains GPS location, photograph and audio recording of surroundings using Client-Server Methodology. AhMyth Android RAT, a Remote Administration Tool (RAT) is used to acquire these data securely from the target system. The device will be installed with a payload injected application which will act as a backdoor. We can access and retrieve data from the target device after establishing the session. Data transfer is done using Port Forwarding and VPN technologies regardless of the location of the device. A visual representation of device location and other data received is displayed on the GUI interface provided by AhMyth. Users can locate their phones using the received data and GPS.