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PhantomLance - A Story of Statecraft, Software Espionage, Security Mismanagement and APT32

May 28, 2020 by Marc Handelman in Statecraft, Information Security, Security Mismanagement, Incompetence, Espionage, Software Espionage

Likely the most significant exposé of retail software security mismanagement this fiscal year - Wired New York-based Senior Writer Andy Greenberg's 'How Spies Snuck Malware Into the Google Play Store -- Again' is making the rounds here at Casa Infosec. It's the Must Read for this week, and possibly the entire month {except for - maybe - this superb piece of security journalism - another Andy Greenberg effort, take a gander, if you will}.

"GOOGLE'S PLAY STORE for Android apps has never had a reputation for the strictest protections from malware. Shady adware and even banking trojans have managed over the years to repeatedly defy Google's security checks." - via Wired writer Andy Greenberg

May 28, 2020 /Marc Handelman
Statecraft, Information Security, Security Mismanagement, Incompetence, Espionage, Software Espionage