The spyware placed on his device allows the operator to track a target device's location, record phone calls, keystrokes, and read messages from encrypted messaging apps, among other capabilities.
During this period, not only was he beaten to compel him into revealing his device password, he was also subjected to an 'intense effort' to recruit him as an informant for the FSB, or else risk facing life imprisonment.
A further examination of the Android device has since revealed that it was indeed tampered with a trojanized version of the genuine Cube Call Recorder application.
The counterfeit app is designed to request intrusive permissions that allow it to gather a wide range of data, including SMS messages, calendars, install additional packages, and answer phone calls.
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