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The Hijacking of Smartphone Cameras and Microphones

Published on October 7, 2021

For nation-states and threat actors alike, remotely and stealthily hijacking the smartphone cameras and microphones of a targeted individual can yield valuable insights about an organization of interest. Given the failure of existing security measures to reliably detect or stop advanced spyware and the invasive audio/video collection that results, security-conscious organizations must look beyond software-based solutions to protect their most important data.