SandStrike

New SandStrike spyware targets Android users with booby-trapped VPN application To lure victims into downloading the spyware implants, adversaries set up Facebook and Instagram accounts with more than 1,000 followers and designed attractive religious-themed graphic materials, setting up an effective trap for adherents of this belief. Most of these social media accounts contain a link to a Telegram channel also created by the attacker. In this channel, the actor behind SandStrike distributed a seemingly harmless…