Spied on while reading the news – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

This week, ESET researchers have described the ins and outs of a so-called watering-hole attack against a news website that delivers news about Gilgit-Baltistan, which is part of the disputed Kashmir region administered by Pakistan. When opened on a mobile device, the Urdu version of the Hunza News website offers readers the option to download an Android app directly from the website; however, little do the readers know that the app is actually previously unknown spyware that ESET has named …

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