Security Affairs
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Chinese law enforcement uses the mobile surveillance tool EagleMsgSpy to gather data from Android devices, as detailed by Lookout. Researchers at the Lookout Threat Lab discovered a surveillance tool, dubbed EagleMsgSpy, used by Chinese law enforcement to spy on mobile devices. The IP address 202.107.80[.]34
Schneier on Security
JULY 18, 2025
Meiya Pico maintains partnerships with domestic and international law enforcement partners, both as a surveillance hardware and software provider, as well as through training programs for law enforcement personnel. Massistant gains access to device GPS location data, SMS messages, images, audio, contacts and phone services.
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Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
T-Mobile reported recent infiltration attempts but pointed out that threat actors had no access to its systems and no sensitive data was compromised. T-Mobile detected recent infiltration attempts but confirmed no unauthorized system access occurred, and no sensitive data was compromised. This is not the case at T-Mobile.”
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Researchers warn of previously undetected surveillance spyware, named NoviSpy, that was found infecting a Serbian journalist’s phone. Then he requested help from Amnesty Internationals Security Lab fearing to be the target of surveillance software like other journalists in Serbia. Development traces back to at least 2018.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Court documents state that on October 29, 2019, plaintiffs filed this lawsuit, alleging that the defendants used WhatsApp to target approximately 1,400 mobile phones and devices to infect them with the surveillance software. ” reads the court document. ” The U.S. from April 29, 2018, to May 10, 2020).
Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 29, 2024
Much of my summer was spent reporting a story about how advertising and marketing firms have created a global free-for-all where anyone can track the daily movements and associations of hundreds of millions of mobile devices , thanks to the ubiquity of mobile location data that is broadly and cheaply available.
Security Affairs
MARCH 29, 2025
Camera Access: Starts front camera streaming for potential identity theft or surveillance. “The emergence of the Crocodilus mobile banking Trojan marks a significant escalation in the sophistication and threat level posed by modern malware. Data Theft: Captures Google Authenticator screen content to steal OTP codes.
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