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Newly identified Android spyware appears to be from a commercial vendor

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2025-21042
Out-of-Bounds Write RCE in Samsung Mobile Image Codec (libimagecodec.quram.so)
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Security researchers on Friday revealed the discovery of “commercial grade” spyware used in a 9-month-long hacking campaign aimed at Samsung Galaxy phones likely concentrated in the Middle East. The Android spyware, dubbed LANDFALL, exploited a zero-day, or previously undocumented, vulnerability in Galaxy phones’ image processing libraries.

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