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LightSpy Spyware Operation Expands to Windows


The Chinese APT behind the LightSpy iOS backdoor has expanded its toolset with DeepData, a modular Windows-based surveillance framework.

The China-linked APT actor behind the LightSpy iOS malware has expanded its toolset with a Windows-based surveillance framework, BlackBerry reports.

Focused on stealing information from the infected devices, LightSpy was initially detailed in 2020, when it was used in attacks against iPhone users in Hong Kong.

Multiple reports this year have shown that LightSpy’s operators have expanded their toolset to target Android and macOS, and expanded the malware’s capabilities, including by adding destructive modules.

Now, BlackBerry, which attributes the attacks to the notorious Chinese hacking group APT41 (also known as Barium, Brass Typhoon, Bronze Atlas, Wicked Panda, and Winnti), details another step in the evolution of the LightSpy campaign, which has been expanded to Windows systems as well.

With the addition of the DeepData surveillance framework for Windows, with ...


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