{"id":19268,"date":"2026-02-19T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:52:00","slug":"promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/","title":{"rendered":"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google&#8217;s generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence.<br \/>\nThe malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,<a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2026\/02\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-google.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google&#8217;s generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence. The malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,Read More\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google&#039;s generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence. The malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,Read More\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sekuritas IT \u203a Creative solutions to unique challenges.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) \u203a Sekuritas IT\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google&#039;s generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence. The malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,Read More\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-19T17:52:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-19T17:52:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100086973577423\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) \u203a Sekuritas IT\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google&#039;s generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence. The malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,Read More\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/19\\\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) \\u203a Sekuritas IT\",\"headline\":\"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/android-ai-sQwlKt.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":470},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-19T17:52:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-19T17:52:00+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/19\\\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/19\\\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Uncategorized\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/19\\\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/category\\\/uncategorized\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Uncategorized\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/category\\\/uncategorized\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Uncategorized\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/category\\\/uncategorized\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/19\\\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/19\\\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/category\\\/uncategorized\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Uncategorized\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sekuritas IT\",\"description\":\"Creative solutions to unique challenges.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/profile.php?id=100086973577423\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/19\\\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d7e1b280a86a35aded993a38df224bb7b360b70bfbabceccbea7c0ef0ab5e175?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"admin\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/19\\\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/19\\\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\\\/\",\"name\":\"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) \\u203a Sekuritas IT\",\"description\":\"Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google's generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence. The malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,Read More\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/19\\\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/android-ai-sQwlKt.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/19\\\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":900,\"height\":470},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/19\\\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-19T17:52:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-19T17:52:00+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sekuritas IT\",\"alternateName\":\"Sekuritas\",\"description\":\"Creative solutions to unique challenges.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sekuritasit.com\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) \u203a Sekuritas IT","description":"Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google's generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence. The malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,Read More","canonical_url":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/#blogposting","name":"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) \u203a Sekuritas IT","headline":"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/android-ai-sQwlKt.jpg","width":900,"height":470},"datePublished":"2026-02-19T17:52:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-19T17:52:00+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Uncategorized"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/category\/uncategorized\/#listItem","name":"Uncategorized"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/category\/uncategorized\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Uncategorized","item":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/category\/uncategorized\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/#listItem","name":"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/category\/uncategorized\/#listItem","name":"Uncategorized"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/#organization","name":"Sekuritas IT","description":"Creative solutions to unique challenges.","url":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100086973577423"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/#author","url":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7e1b280a86a35aded993a38df224bb7b360b70bfbabceccbea7c0ef0ab5e175?s=96&d=retro&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"admin"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/","name":"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) \u203a Sekuritas IT","description":"Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google's generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence. The malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,Read More","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/android-ai-sQwlKt.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/#mainImage","width":900,"height":470},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2026-02-19T17:52:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-19T17:52:00+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/","name":"Sekuritas IT","alternateName":"Sekuritas","description":"Creative solutions to unique challenges.","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Sekuritas IT \u203a Creative solutions to unique challenges.","og:type":"article","og:title":"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) \u203a Sekuritas IT","og:description":"Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google's generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence. The malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,Read More","og:url":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/","article:published_time":"2026-02-19T17:52:00+00:00","article:modified_time":"2026-02-19T17:52:00+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100086973577423","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) \u203a Sekuritas IT","twitter:description":"Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google's generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence. The malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,Read More"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"19268","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2026-02-19 20:19:16","updated":"2026-02-19 20:19:16","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/category\/uncategorized\/\" title=\"Uncategorized\">Uncategorized<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tPromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com"},{"label":"Uncategorized","link":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/category\/uncategorized\/"},{"label":"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)","link":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence-infothehackernews-com-the-hacker-news\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}