Cybersecurity analysts have come across a new surveillance application believed to be employed by Chinese law enforcement agencies as an authorized monitoring mechanism to collect various data from mobile gadgets.
Cybersecurity analysts have come across a new surveillance application believed to be employed by Chinese law enforcement agencies as an authorized monitoring mechanism to collect various data from mobile gadgets. The Android utility, known as EagleMsgSpy according to Lookout, has been in action since at least 2017, with traces published on the VirusTotal malware scanning service as recently as
Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.
