Securing Android Phones against Potential Thefts: AhMyth Android RAT

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.