Lookout Threat Labs uncover widespread deployment of Hermit S urveillanceware Posted By Iain Fraser - Cybersecurity Journalist Blog.IainFraser.net Google Indexed on 170622 Researchers at Lookout Threat Labs have uncovered several instances of the deployment of Hermit an enterprise-grade Android Surveillanceware including the government of Kazakhstan and this isn't the first time Hermit has been deployed. Lookout have reported that they were aware that the Italian authorities deployed "Hermit" in an anti-corruption operation in 2019. They have also found evidence suggesting that an unknown actor used it in north-eastern Syria, a predominantly Kurdish region that has been the setting of numerous regional conflicts. Lookout Threat Labs were already monitoring this threat for a while using Lookout Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) however, these latest samples were detected in April 2022, four months after nation-wide protests against government policies were violently...
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