Security News > 2020 > September > FinSpy Spyware for Mac and Linux OS Targets Egyptian Organisations

Amnesty International today exposed details of a new surveillance campaign that targeted Egyptian civil society organizations with previously undisclosed versions of FinSpy spyware designed to target Linux and macOS systems.

According to the human rights organization Amnesty International, the newly discovered campaign is not linked to 'NilePhish,' a hacking group known for attacking Egyptian NGOs in a series of attacks, involving an older version of FinSpy, phishing technique, and malicious Flash Player downloads.

Instead, the new versions of FinSpy for Linux and macOS, along with Android and Windows, were used by a new unknown hacking group, which they believe is state-sponsored and active since September 2019.

"The modules available in the Linux sample are almost identical to the MacOS sample," the researchers said.

Kaspersky researchers last year revealed a similar cyber-espionage campaign where 'then-new' FinSpy implants for iOS and Android were being used to spy on users from Myanmar.

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