- Mar 13, 2022
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Security researchers at Cisco Talos and the Citizen Lab have presented a new technical analysis of the commercial Android spyware 'Predator' and its loader 'Alien,' sharing its data-theft capabilities and other operational details.
Predator is a commercial spyware for mobile platforms (iOS and Android) developed and sold by Israeli company Intellexa.
The spyware family has been linked to surveillance operations targeting journalists, high-profile European politicians, and even Meta executives.
The spyware can record phone calls, collect information from messaging apps, or even hide applications and prevent their execution on infected Android devices.
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Predator: Looking under the hood of Intellexa’s Android spyware
Security researchers at Cisco Talos and the Citizen Lab have presented a new technical analysis of the commercial Android spyware 'Predator' and its loader 'Alien,' sharing its data-theft capabilities and other operational details.