Program.Reptilicus is a family of applications designed to control Android devices and monitor the activity of their owners. These apps are not malicious themselves but can be used for cyber espionage and illegal collection of confidential information. Depending on their version and modification, apps of the Program.Reptilicus family are capable of the following:
intercepting and reading the SMS;
collecting the information about phone calls;
phone calls recording;
device location tracking;
recording the surroundings using the device microphone;
accessing user’s photos and other files;
accessing the phone book;
intercepting the contents of the notifications;
recording the information entered on the keyboard (a keylogger functionality);
taking screenshots.
Moreover, if root access is available, they are also capable of:
moving itself to the system folder;
accessing the conversations in popular messaging apps, such as Skype, Telegram, WhatsApp, "ВКонтакте" (VK), "Одноклассники" (OK), Facebook, Viber, Instagram and others;