Published on: 2025-06-21 01:42:00
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust In brief: Malware making its way past Google's checks and onto the Play Store isn't a new phenomenon, yet it keeps happening. The latest incident involved spyware that was uploaded to the Android app store by a group of hackers believed to be linked to the North Korean regime. Lookout Threat Lab researchers discovered the spyware, dubbed KoSpy, attributing it with medium confidence to North Korean
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-21 21:00:00
A group of hackers with links to the North Korean regime uploaded Android spyware onto the Google Play app store and were able to trick some people into downloading it, according to cybersecurity firm Lookout. In a report published on Wednesday, and exclusively shared with TechCrunch ahead of time, Lookout details an espionage campaign involving several different samples of an Android spyware it calls KoSpy, which the company attributes with “high confidence” to the North Korean government. At
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