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How spyware hides in apps already on your phone

By Grant Gross
Published October 14, 2022 2:30am ET
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How spyware hides in apps already on your phone
A new piece of spyware, hiding within downloadable Android apps, is targeting Middle Eastern smartphone users and can steal their contact lists, see their location data, and read files on their devices. The so-called RatMilad spyware, discovered by mobile security provider Zimperium, was originally hidden in an app called Text Me, which was supposedly a […]

A new piece of spyware, hiding within downloadable Android apps, is targeting Middle Eastern smartphone users and can steal their contact lists, see their location data, and read files on their devices.

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