India, Sept. 18 -- Britain, the United States and the Netherlands have issued a joint advisory warning about spyware allegedly used by Iranian state-linked actors to target dissidents, activists and journalists around the world.

Britain's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has shared details of how Iranian state-backed cyber actors have been observed attempting to trick targets into downloading software capable of tracking their movements.

Chosen Brick enables attackers to collect information from a target's contacts, emails and social media messages. It also has capabilities to capture screen content and access a device's microphone.

A new joint advisory issued by the NCSC and its international partners said Iranian state actors ha...