Android’s open ecosystem is its Achilles heel. And so it is with the latest spyware warning that has just been issued. Another dangerous app mimicking a regular one is putting users at risk.

Meet DroidBot, which Cleafy describes as “an advanced Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that combines classic hidden VNC and overlay capabilities with features often associated with spyware.” ...

The spyware is not available on Google Play or third-party app stores, suggesting that it ... While Lookout’s findings focus on Android, researchers believe there may also be an iOS version ...

Google has found strong evidence that enterprise-grade Android spyware called ' Hermit ... and harvesting information from apps. The spyware has been used for surveillance of activists ...