Spyware Targets Android and iOS Users in Italy and Kazakhstan
Google’s TAG reported that RCS Labs, an Italian surveillance firm, was aided by ISPs in Kazakhstan and Italy to compromise iOS and Android users with the Hermit spyware. The attackers provided a page in Italian language to download either Messenger, Instagram, or WhatsApp. For the iOS version, hackers followed the method suggested by Apple to distribute proprietary in-house apps to Apple devices.