New clues turned up by researchers at the University of Toronto show that an Android malware spy campaign appears to be the work of Chinese hackers, possibly with the assistance of the nation's government or a major corporation.
Attached as a malicious APK file in a spear phishing email, once installed, the program siphons data that includes contacts, call logs, SMS messages, and more.
Officials at the University of Mississippi Medical Center posted an online notice, saying they had "insufficient contact information" to individually notify those potentially compromised.
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