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Baohuo, the gray eminence. Android backdoor hijacks Telegram accounts, gaining complete control over them

ID: cfd53ae3-822a-5323-acd0-479410507103

STIX ID: report--cfd53ae3-822a-5323-acd0-479410507103

Feed Name: Dr.Web News

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2025-10-23

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

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**Doctor Web identified Android.Backdoor.Baohuo.1.origin — a trojanized Telegram X messenger distributed via malicious ad redirects and third‑party APK stores — which gives attackers full remote control over victims' Telegram accounts, exfiltrates credentials, chat history, clipboard data and device information, and uniquely supports command-and-control via Redis; over 58,000 devices across many countries are reported infected.**

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