Nascondino: ASIGINT S.r.l.i.
VAT number: 04467470615Products: Spyrtacus
Capabilities: Spyware
ASIGINT is an Italian information technology company.
Founded in 2020 by ex-members of DataForense, it was later acquired by SIO.
Since its foundation, it continued distributing the “Spyrtacus” spyware by DataForence on the Google Play Store.[1]
In 2025 it was reported that the spyware is not available on the Store anymore, but it is still distributed by targeted web page posing as WhatsApp and other popular apps.[2][3]
In April 2026, WhatsApp/Meta notified approximately 200 users that a fake iOS WhatsApp client containing Spyrtacus spyware, attributed to ASIGINT, had been installed on their devices.[4][5][6]
Lookout’s Q1 2025 Mobile Threat Landscape Report identified 13 distinct Spyrtacus samples dating from 2019 to October 2024.[7]
ASIGINT has been included in the Atlantic Council’s “Mythical Beasts” report mapping the global spyware market.[8]