Not Pegasus, Hermit is reportedly new spyware used by governments to target high-profile people
Hermit, not Pegasus, is reportedly the new Android spyware being used by governments to target high-profile officials. Business executives, human rights activists, journalists, academics, and government officials are among those who have been targeted. The spyware, which is installed in the target’s system via SMS, was first discovered in Kazakhstan. Cases from Syria and Italy eventually emerged a few days later. “Based on our analysis, the spyware, which we named ‘Hermit’ is likely developed by Italian spyware vendor RCS Lab and Tykelab Srl, a telecommunications solutions company we suspect to…