Major Spying Operation Tracked Via Malicious Android App

An Android app that turned malicious recorded sensitive audio data every 15 minutes and sent it to attackers.
The popular iRecorder Screen Recorder app secretly uploaded users' audio files and downloaded sensitive data for months before discovery.
Security experts found the app was updated with code from an open-source Android spying tool to carry out espionage on potentially thousands of unsuspecting targets.
After 50,000 downloads, the malicious app evaded Google's detection for nearly a year while carrying out the surveillance campaign.
The malicious group behind the espionage and their targets remain unknown, though experts warn users to delete the app immediately.