{
  "id": 12948,
  "url": "https://www.darkreading.com/mobile-security/fake-bahrain-alert-apps-android-surveillance-malware",
  "title": "Fake Bahrain Alert App Deploys Android Surveillance Malware",
  "summary": "A malicious application delivers four-stage Android spyware via phony Google Play sites, exploiting civilian fear during Iranian missile strikes.",
  "authors": "Alexander Culafi",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "privacy-surveillance",
  "orgs": "google",
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-22T19:42:42.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-23T05:10:49.458Z",
  "source_slug": "x-dark-reading-ai-security",
  "source_name": "Dark Reading (AI security)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.darkreading.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12948",
  "original_url": "https://www.darkreading.com/mobile-security/fake-bahrain-alert-apps-android-surveillance-malware",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}