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by sounds 1113 days ago
Previous nation-state level hacking on iPhones used exploits available on the (grey?) market. https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/italian-spyware-ve...
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And on that same page it says the Android version didn’t even require an exploit. The sneakiest thing that was required on Android was to write the word “Samsung” on the app icon so that users would click it.

Near the end, they say:

> This campaign is a good reminder that attackers do not always use exploits to achieve the permissions they need.