The commoditization of mobile espionage software
Summary: Cisco Talos identified 87 vendors selling mobile spyware, with country- and language-specific offerings and tutorials for tricking users into installing the apps. Capabilities that cost an adversary significant money five to 10 years ago are now available for free to $80 per month, and leaked emails show prominent government vendors reselling off-the-shelf software to track 'unfaithful spouses.'
What's compelling: Talos observed queries to stalkerware backend APIs in all 10 of the lowest-ranked countries on the Cato Institute's Human Freedom Index, including 6,750 queries from 179 unique IPs in Egypt and 224 unique requestor IPs in Yemen - active use, not just browsing.
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