Collaborate Disseminate
By Sudais Asif
The group behind this Android spyware is APT-C-23 that has been targeting Palestine since 2017.
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Researchers have found sophisticated Android mobile surveillance programs created by cyberespionage groups on Google’s official Play store. Such malware is generally distributed in targeted attacks by tricking victims into downloading and instal… Continue reading Mobile Surveillance Malware Found on Google Play
Researchers said three apps used to surveil Middle East targets were booted from the Google Play marketplace. Continue reading Google Play Boots Three Malicious Apps From Marketplace Tied to APTs
One year after a hacking campaign targeted Israeli Defense Force soldiers, the ViperRAT malware family returned to the Google Play Store, according to new research from the mobile security firm Lookout. ViperRAT made waves last year after a wave of IDF personnel fell victim to social engineering attacks from hackers posing as young women, who tricked the soldiers into installing third-party apps that copied files and spied on communications. The malware relatively disappeared after intense media coverage, but the new samples look even more sophisticated — so much so that they’ve snuck into the Google Play Store. It’s not clear who is being targeted or responsible for building the ViperRAT 2.0. The two ViperRAT malicious chat apps (called VokaChat and Chattak) in the Google Play Store were downloaded over 1,000 times before Lookout discovered and Google removed them. “The chat functionality of the apps, which in earlier ViperRAT samples did not function, […]
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