Bood

Bood is a newly discovered Android Trojan that has been used in combination with the Cookiethief Trojan exclusively. While Cookiethief is designed to collect cookies from Android Web browsers and social media applications, it is unable to work without the assistance of Bood – this is why all devices infected by Cookiethief will have the Bood Trojan installed too certainly.

Unlike Cookiethief, Bood is far more threatening since it operates as a backdoor Trojan that can receive and execute commands on the infected device. The somewhat good news is that the operators of the Bood backdoor are not using its abilities to spy on users and, instead, they are only interested in executing the commands needed to fetch the user's cookies via Cookiethief. However, this might be changed in the future, and it is entirely possible that the Bood Android Backdoor Trojan may end up being used to deploy additional malware or cause damage to the user's files.

Bood and Cookiethief are believed to be distributed with the help of bogus copies of popular Android applications and games – a large number of the detected Cookiethief infections are linked to a fake copy of the Roblox game. To cut the odds of being infected, you should avoid downloading Android files from unknown locations or non-verified application stores. It also is recommended to install and activate a trustworthy Android security tool that receives regular updates.