Fighting a self-spreading spyware: Experts say combating ClayRat requires both technical hardening and behavioral hygiene.”Security teams should enforce a layered mobile security posture that reduces installation paths, detects compromise, and limits blast radius,” said Jason Soroko, Senior Fellow at Sectigo. He recommends blocking sideloading through Android Enterprise policy, deploying mobile threat defense integrated with endpoint management, and shifting to phishing-resistant MFA such as passkeys or hardware security keys.Chrissa Constantine, Senior Cybersecurity Solution Architect at Black Duck, said that “end user training and education is highly recommendedespecially to ensure that employees understand the importance of not loading apps from untrusted sources.”Zimperium claims its behavioral ML models detected ClayRat’s earliest variants before signatures existed, and has since shared threat intelligence with Google to strengthen Play Protect defenses. But as the spyware continues to evolve, the real challenge might not just be in detection, it’s in convincing users that the real danger sometimes hides behind a familiar app icon.Researchers have also shared a full list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) to help security teams detect and defend against ongoing ClayRat activity.
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