Arid Viper Targeting Arabic Android Users with Spyware Disguised as Dating App
The threat actor Arid Viper (also known as APT-C-23, Desert Falcon, or TAG-63) has been implicated in an Android spyware campaign that targets Arabic-speaking users by using a phony dating app that collects information from compromised devices.
"Arid Viper's Android malware has a number of features that enable the operators to surreptitiously collect sensitive information from victims' devices and deploy additional executables," Cisco Talos reported on Tuesday.
Arid Viper is a cyberespionage group that has been operating since at least 2017 and is associated with Hamas, the Islamist militant organization that controls the Gaza Strip. According to the cybersecurity company, there is no proof linking the effort to the current conflict between Israel and Hamas read more Arid Viper Targ...