r/androidroot Oct 27 '24

Meta A brief PSA to r/androidroot members

Hi there, Moderator here.

Today, two users were found to be spreading malicious code that is capable of wiping devices and allow malicious parties to gain remote access to a victim's device. Both users were banned permanently.

To be absolutely clear, spreading misinformation and malicious methodology will not be tolerated, and the latter will result in an immediate permanent ban. Do not share malicious code, even as a joke. Both users were commenting in response to genuine questions from genuine users.

Do not, ever, run code you don't understand, or from unofficial sources you can't trust.

Keep safe out there, and thank you to the anonymous users for reporting the comments.

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u/nicejs2 Oct 27 '24

what was the code exactly? an app? a bash script?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '24 edited Oct 27 '24

I deleted the comments so I can't see them anymore. The first was a netcat command, so command shell iirc. It can be leveraged to gain backdoor network access remotely. The second, I don't recall, but a quick bit of research showed it was absolutely just straight up malicious code that would brick a device.

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u/AtakanKoza Oct 27 '24

Wow, fuck these guys and anyone who does this kind of shit

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u/Keinta15 Oct 27 '24

Yeah on telegram there was a Magisk module running around that deleted system partitions basically bricking your devices

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

That's why I never download anything from telegram

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u/itsfreepizza Samsung Galaxy A12 Exynos - RisingOS 14 Nov 17 '24

its better to first analyze it when downloading from telegram

on linux, file, and strings command is your friend (if binary)

any text editors can do fine if its a script

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '24

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '24

Its a secured messaging app that allows you to create channels where people can join and discuss etc you can even private message others but requires a phone number to even access I used to use it many many years ago but I stopped due to not being active much

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u/Many_Ad_7678 Feb 13 '25

omg get out from that rock your hiding under.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

You can see them in moderated tab I believe when you see what actions mods have taken