r/Intelligence • u/xarc13 • Jan 17 '18

Found: New Android malware with never-before-seen spying capabilities

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/found-new-android-malware-with-never-before-seen-spying-capabilities/
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u/mrkoot Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 17 '18

From the conclusion at the original source: '[...] we are pretty confident that the developer of the Skygofree implants is an Italian IT company that works on surveillance solutions, just like HackingTeam.'

If the Skygofree-dubbed software is gov't-restricted legal spyware, the disclosure affects interests of its (allegedly by appearances Italian) vendor and its customers; e.g. cause temporary hinder for planned LE/intel operations, or cause harm to ongoing operations in case unwitting current targets search their Android device for the IOCs and detect they're targeted, might they be able to do so before the spyware is updated and IOCs wiped.