‘Pegasus for Android’: Newly discovered spyware allows attacker to record conversations
Researchers at Google and mobile cybersecurity firm Lookout discovered a malicious smartphone application allowing the customers of a “cyber arms dealers” named NSO Group to remotely spy on victims. A sophisticated piece of spyware is believed to be embedded in a cohort of different espionage apps, enabling the attacker to record a target’s keystrokes, exfiltrate data and listen in on conversations through the device’s compromised microphone. The malware-laden applications were not available in the Google Play store, leading researchers to believe that targeted downloads were camouflaged and sent to specific victims through phishing emails or SMS messages. The malware was found on a few dozen Android devices. Dubbed Chrysaor, researchers believe the code is related Pegasus, another highly complex piece of malware designed to infect Apple’s iOS. Lookout researchers first discovered Pegasus, another product of NSO Group, last year on a prominent Saudi human rights activist’s phone. “Individual victim identities […]
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