The cybersecurity firm Lookout said it discovered Houthi-aligned hackers spying on Middle Eastern militaries with a surveillance tool that leverages Meta's WhatsApp to infiltrate victims' devices.
Houthi rebel fighters march during a rally of support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the U.S. strikes on Yemen outside Sanaa on Jan. 22, 2024. The heads of six U.N. agencies and three international humanitarian organizations …The cybersecurity firm Lookout said it discovered Houthi-aligned hackers spying on Middle Eastern militaries with a surveillance tool that leverages Meta’s WhatsApp to infiltrate victims’ devices.
Targets of the hackers’ GuardZoo surveillance malware included more than 450 IP addresses belonging to victims in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Turkey. The hacking campaign began in 2019 and remains active, according to Lookout. The hackers have used lures that include apps with military emblems of Yemen and Saudi Arabia and a religious-themed prayer.
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