Highly Targeted Espionage Campaign Utilizing Fake VPN Software for Android

Hackers inject spyware into the popular OpenVPN Android App

Since at least 2017, a threat actor involved in cyberespionage has lured victims using fake VPN software on Android. This is a trojanized software version of legitimate software SoftVPN or OpenVPN.

Researchers claim that the campaign is \”highly-targeted\” and was designed to steal contact and call information, device location as well as messages sent from multiple apps.

Source:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-modify-popular-openvpn-android-app-to-include-spyware/

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