China's Massistant Tool Secretly Extracts SMS, GPS Data, and Images From Confiscated Phones

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a mobile forensics tool calledMassistantthat's used by law enforcement authorities in China to gather information from seized mobile devices. The hacking tool, believed to be a successor ofMFSocket, is developed by a Chinese company namedSDIC Intelligence Xiamen Information Co., Ltd., which was formerly known as Meiya Pico. Itspecializesin the research, development, and sale of electronic data forensics and network information security technology prod...