It did not take too long after I found out about the discovery of Gingermaster, the first Android malware to use the Gingerbreak exploit, to acquire a sample which was still available from a Chinese alternative Android Marketplace. The package I downloaded uses the following permissions: android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE android.permission.READ_LOGS android.permission.DELETE_CACHE_FILES android.permission.ACCESS_CACHE_FILESYSTEM android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS […]