How Arid Viper spies on Android users in the Middle East – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET researchers uncovered Arid Viper’s use of AridSpy, a multi-stage Android spyware distributed through trojanized apps and dedicated fake websites impersonating messaging, job search, and Palestinian Civil Registry apps to target users in Egypt and Palestine; the campaigns began in 2022 and several remain active.