Android 'Triout' spyware with extensive surveillance capabilities unearthed by Bitdefender

John Leonard
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Spyware lurking in adulterated sex games app may still be in development

Security researchers have identified a new strain of Android spyware in the wild that's capable of recording most interactions on an infected phone and sending them to a command and control centre....

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