Once granted this permission, the spyware app uses this overlay access to forcibly display a password prompt whenever the user tries to uninstall or deactivate the app through Android’s settings.

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In Android, however, the only information I was able to find is that Pegasus uses a kernel exploit (Framaroot?) to get itself root level access.

A new version of the Android spyware 'Mandrake' has been found in five applications downloaded 32,000 times from Google Play, the platform's official app store.

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Google has revealed that Android and iOS users in Europe were tricked into installing a malicious application that would then steal personal information off the device.