MALWARE FAMILY

Hermit

Internal ID: apk.hermit

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Lookout states that Hermit is an advanced spyware designed to target iOS and Android mobile devices. It is designed to collect extensive amounts of sensitive data on its victims such as their location, contacts, private messages, photos, call logs, phone conversations, ambient audio recordings, and more.

Threat Analysis

Hermit is a malware family tracked by threat intelligence researchers and catalogued in the Malpedia dataset. It represents a distinct malicious software lineage with identifiable code characteristics, behaviors, and victimology.

External References

→https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/italian-spyware-vendor-targets-users-in-italy-and-kazakhstan/

→https://de.lookout.com/blog/hermit-spyware-discovery

→https://www.lighthousereports.nl/investigation/revealing-europes-nso

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

apk.hermit

Research Links

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Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.

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