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1. #IRAN HIDES SPYWARE WALLPAPER RESTAURANT APPS INSTALL#
2. #IRAN HIDES SPYWARE WALLPAPER RESTAURANT APPS ANDROID#

The researchers said Infy's capabilities were "far superior" to most other known Iranian campaigns, thanks to its ability to be highly selective about its targets and to have generally have gone undetected. Two documents recently used are said to have included a photo of an Iranian governor, with alleged contact details. Once the document was opened, a spying tool was installed and sensitive data stolen, the company said. One example provided was of a document apparently about loans being offered to disabled veterans. Its most recent activity had targeted PCs, with fake emails with attractive content, usually with an attached document, Check Point said. The other group, Infy, is said to have been operating as far back as 2007. The 600 successful infections are said to have included dissidents, opposition forces and people belonging to the Kurdish ethnic minority in: Obtain a list of other installed applications Steal media files, including videos and photos, The Iranian government has not commented on the report.ĭomestic Kitten's operation was first identified in 2018.Īnd Check Point said there was evidence it had run at least 10 campaigns since 2017.įour of these were still active, with the most recent beginning in November 2020.Īnd it was using an Iranian blog site, Telegram channels and text messages to lure people into installing its infected software, which the researchers have dubbed Furball, which could: The second group, known as Infy or Prince Of Persia, is said to spy on the home and work PCs of dissidents in 12 countries, extracting sensitive data after tricking people into opening malicious email attachments. There had been more than 600 successful infections, it said. The American-Israeli company's researchers documented 1,200 victims being targeted by the campaign, living in seven countries.

#IRAN HIDES SPYWARE WALLPAPER RESTAURANT APPS ANDROID#

Masquerading as an Android application store to download further software Supplying an infected wallpaper app containing pro-Islamic State imagery Providing a compromised app that publishes articles from a local news agency Mimicking an app for a restaurant in Tehran

Repackaging an existing version of an authentic video game found on the Google Play store One of the groups, known as Domestic Kitten or APT-50, is accused of tricking people into downloading malicious software on to mobile phones by a variety of means including:

#IRAN HIDES SPYWARE WALLPAPER RESTAURANT APPS INSTALL#

It said the two groups involved were using new techniques to install spyware on targets' PCs and mobile devices.Īnd this was then being used to steal call recordings and media files. The efforts were directed against individuals in Iran and 12 other countries, including the UK and US, Check Point said. Iran is running two surveillance operations in cyber-space, targeting more than 1,000 dissidents, according to a leading cyber-security company.