Known for targeting iOS devices, it has been expanded to include capabilities for compromising device security and stability. ThreatFabric, who discovered the malware, initially published a report on LightSpy for macOS in May 2024. During that investigation, the analysts found that the same server managed both macOS and iOS versions of LightSpy. This discovery allowed ThreatFabric to conduct a new, detailed analysis of the spyware targeting iOS published today, finding notable updates compared t
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LightSpy is a modular surveillance framework that can be used to steal a variety of data, including files, screenshots, mobile location data, or even messenger data from apps like Telegram. It was first documented by TrendMicro and Kapersky in 2020 as an iOS implant. At the time, LightSpy would spread through a watering hole method, which is to say that targets would be directed to pages mimicking local news sites. An example page can be seen in the image below. The APT group said to be resp
