ZooPark malware targets Android users though Telegram, watering holes - CyberScoop

ZooPark malware targets Android users though Telegram, watering holes - CyberScoop: A newly uncovered cyber-espionage campaign targets Android users in the Middle East and North Africa through the chat app Telegram and compromised websites, according to a report published Thursday by Kaspersky Lab. Kaspersky says it identified four different iterations of  “ZooPark,” malware apparently developed between 2015 and 2017, each one expanding on the previous. The latest version has the capability to exfiltrate a wide range of data, including contacts, GPS location, text messages, call audio, keylogs and others. The malware can also take pictures, video and screenshots as well as record audio. “This last step is especially interesting, showing a big leap from straightforward code functionality to highly sophisticated malware,” the report says. “This suggests the latest version may have been bought from vendors of specialist surveillance tools.” The campaign spreads spyware focusing on victims in Iran, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, the report says. One of the vectors by which …

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