Here is a deep dive on the operation of the Predator Android malware by Bill Toulas of Bleeping Computer from research by Cisco Talos and the Citizen Lab.
Predator: Looking under the hood of Intellexa’s Android spyware (bleepingcomputer.com)
Predator is commercially available malware – only sold to governments or authorised agencies of course – that targets both iOS and Android mobile devices. It has been found on the smartphones of activists, politicians and journalists.
The article shows how it infects then steals and exfiltrates confidential data from an infected device.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles