Arid Viper spying on Android users in the Middle East – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET researchers have uncovered five campaigns that used trojanized apps to target Android users in Egypt and Palestine. Initiated in 2022, the campaigns were likely orchestrated by the Arid Viper APT group, with three of them remaining active to this day. The multi-stage spyware, called AridSpy by ESET, is distributed through dedicated websites that impersonate various messaging apps, a job search app, and a Palestinian Civil Registry app.

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