Google Reveals Two Spyware Campaigns Involving Zero Day Flaws
Google Reveals Two Spyware Campaigns Involving Zero Day Flaws
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Researchers from Google revealed two targeted spyware campaigns involving several zero-day exploits for Android, iOS, and mobile versions of the Chrome browser.
One campaign targeted people in Italy, Malaysia, and Kazakhstan, while the other operated in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In the first campaign, identified in November 2022, the hackers installed a tool to track the location of devices in Italy, Malaysia, and Kazakhstan. The TAG researchers found that hackers delivered the spyware to Android and Apple devices through bit.ly links sent over SMS.
When victims clicked on the links, they were taken to a webpage that installed spyware for either device brand and then redirected to the “track shipments” page for Italian-based shipment and logistics company BRT or a popular Malaysian news website.
The goal of the second campaign, uncovered in December 2022, was the installation of a spyware suite that allowed hackers to decrypt data and steal info…
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