
| Names | MessageTap | |
| Category | Malware | |
| Type | Info stealer | |
| Description | MESSAGETAP is a 64-bit ELF data miner initially loaded by an installation script. It is designed to monitor and save SMS traffic from specific phone numbers, IMSI numbers and keywords for subsequent theft. | |
| Information | <https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/10/messagetap-who-is-reading-your-text-messages.html> | |
| MITRE ATT&CK | <https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0443/> | |
| Malpedia | <https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/elf.messagetap> | |
Last change to this tool card: 30 December 2022
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| APT 41 | 2012-Jul 2025 | ![]() | |||
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