Android-based espionage campaign in the Middle East targets military data - CyberScoop: A newly uncovered espionage campaign in the Middle East has infected more than 660 Android phones, and much of the stolen data appears to be “military-related,” researchers from cybersecurity company Trend Micro said Tuesday. The malware in question is highly invasive, posing as popular news and lifestyle apps to suck up a target phone’s call logs and records, text messages, and storage and memory details, among other data. Attackers aren’t using the Google Play store, a sometimes popular receptacle for malicious apps. Instead, the host website for the malware is being promoted via social media channels, according to Trend Micro. One feature of the malware even allows the operator to take a photo from an infected phone when the device’s owner “wakes” it in locked mode. Analysts did not pin the so-called “Bouncing Golf” spying operation on any group or person, but said the structure of the code used and the data targeted …
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