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June 25, 2022 Sarah Perez 260 ViewsAndroid, api, app-store, Apple, arkansas, artificial intelligence, artist, Australia, bahrain, brazil, Canada, China, coinbase, computing, driver, e-commerce, Elon Musk, european union, fitbit, Fortissimo Capital, free tools, freeware, Ghana, Google, Hinge, ikea, Indonesia, Instagram, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Italy, Kazakhstan, kuwait, London, Machine Learning Technology, Meta Pay, ming-chi kuo, mobile applications, mobile device, News, oman, online events, operating systems, over-the-air software, password manager, qatar, Saudi Arabia, Shopify, SMS, Snap, Snapchat, social media, Software, south korea, Spotify, This Week In Apps, TikTok, Tim Cook, Twitter, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Uganda, united arab emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Yoti 17 min read

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the […]

Google is notifying Android users targeted by Hermit government-grade spyware

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Google is notifying Android users targeted by Hermit government-grade spyware

June 23, 2022August 10, 2022 Zack Whittaker 272 ViewsAndroid, Apple, espionage, Google, Google Play, Kazakhstan, Lookout, mobile applications, NSO Group, Spyware, WhatsApp 3 min read

Security researchers at Lookout recently tied a previously unattributed Android mobile spyware, dubbed Hermit, to Italian software house RCS Lab. Now, Google threat researchers have confirmed much of Lookout’s findings and are notifying Android users whose devices were compromised by the spyware. Hermit is a commercial spyware known to be used by governments, with victims […]

Researchers say Hermit, a powerful mobile spyware, is used by governments

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Researchers say Hermit, a powerful mobile spyware, is used by governments

June 17, 2022August 10, 2022 Zack Whittaker 250 ViewsAndroid, Apple, espionage, Google, Italy, Kazakhstan, malware, NSO Group, Samsung, Spyware, syria 2 min read

Security researchers at Lookout have released new details about an Android spyware deployed in targeted attacks by national governments, with victims in Kazakhstan, Syria and Italy. The spyware, which Lookout is naming Hermit, was first detected in Kazakhstan in April, just months after the Kazakh government violently suppressed protests against government policies. Lookout said a […]