{"id":218531,"date":"2026-02-28T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/oblivion-malware-quietly-hijacks-your-android-device-while-bypassing-top-security-letting-anyone-control-phones-with-little-effort\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T16:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:40:11","slug":"oblivion-malware-quietly-hijacks-your-android-device-while-bypassing-top-security-letting-anyone-control-phones-with-little-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/oblivion-malware-quietly-hijacks-your-android-device-while-bypassing-top-security-letting-anyone-control-phones-with-little-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Oblivion malware quietly hijacks your Android device while bypassing top security, letting anyone control phones with little effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/security\/i-smell-a-rat-new-android-malware-can-hack-every-top-phone-makers-security-and-costs-less-than-a-second-hand-iphone\">Oblivion malware quietly hijacks your Android device while bypassing top security, letting anyone control phones with little effort<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/security\/i-smell-a-rat-new-android-malware-can-hack-every-top-phone-makers-security-and-costs-less-than-a-second-hand-iphone\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/security\/i-smell-a-rat-new-android-malware-can-hack-every-top-phone-makers-security-and-costs-less-than-a-second-hand-iphone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-28 14:35:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"9a541df8-adaa-4508-9353-8cea6d8e6901\">\n<li><strong>Oblivion can intercept SMS, push notifications, and two-factor authentication codes silently<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Malware bypasses Accessibility Service, granting attackers full device control without prompts<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A remote control allows concealed access while the user sees fake overlays<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"6e73c24b-1133-4598-9983-ac4130f7d51d\">Oblivion is a newly observed Android Remote Access Trojan which reportedly targets a range of popular devices running Android 8 through 16.<\/p>\n<p>Security researchers at Certo have examined the tool, which is sold on a subscription basis starting at $300, and claims to be capable of working on heavily customized systems from Samsung, Xiaomi, and Oppo.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6e73c24b-1133-4598-9983-ac4130f7d51d-2\">The package includes a builder that allows buyers to generate malicious apps with chosen names and icons, alongside a dropper that imitates legitimate update prompts.<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bypassing-protections-and-staying-hidden-3\">Bypassing protections and staying hidden<\/h2>\n<p id=\"cd2c02fb-d1e2-4575-bef2-e58e65bd58c0\">Rather than relying on technical exploits alone, the infection method often depends on persuading users to install applications from outside official channels.<\/p>\n<p>That approach is not new, although the polish of the interface shown in demonstrations suggests careful refinement.<\/p>\n<p>Normally, Android asks users to manually approve sensitive permissions, but the malware reportedly bypasses them &#8211; however, one of the central claims surrounding Oblivion is its ability to automate permission approval, particularly through abuse of Android\u2019s Accessibility Service.<\/p>\n<p>This feature was originally designed to assist users with disabilities, yet it can grant extensive control when misused.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed!<\/p>\n<p>Once active, Oblivion can read SMS messages, intercept two-factor authentication codes, monitor push notifications, and log keystrokes in real time.<\/p>\n<p>It can also remotely launch or remove applications and unlock the device using captured credentials, as a hidden remote control feature allows attackers to interact with the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/security\/i-smell-a-rat-new-android-malware-can-hack-every-top-phone-makers-security-and-costs-less-than-a-second-hand-iphone\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oblivion malware quietly hijacks your Android device while bypassing top security, letting anyone control phones&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/abAdPvAymwxfL59qPnT4in-1920-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[32,158,86,57,118],"class_list":["post-218531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-malware","tag-oppo","tag-samsung","tag-security","tag-xiaomi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218533,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218531\/revisions\/218533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}