Russian navy personnel are being focused with lately found Android malware that steals their contacts and tracks their location.
The malware is hidden inside a modified app for Alpine Quest mapping software program, which is utilized by, amongst others, hunters, athletes, and Russian personnel stationed within the conflict zone in Ukraine. The app shows varied topographical maps to be used on-line and offline. The trojanized Alpine Quest app is being pushed on a devoted Telegram channel and in unofficial Android app repositories. The chief promoting level of the trojanized app is that it supplies a free model of Alpine Quest Professional, which is often out there solely to paying customers.
Seems like the actual factor
The malicious module is called Android.Spy.1292.origin. In a weblog put up, researchers at Russia-based safety agency Dr.Net wrote:
