Two long-running surveillance campaigns have been found targeting the Uyghur community in China and elsewhere with Android spyware tools designed to harvest sensitive information and track their whereabouts. This encompasses a previously undocumented malware strain called BadBazaar and updated variants of an espionage artifact dubbed MOONSHINE by researchers from the University … [Read more...] about Experts Uncover Two Long-Running Android Spyware Campaigns Targeting Uyghurs
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Researchers Uncover Years-Long Mobile Spyware Campaign Targeting Uyghurs
A new wave of a mobile surveillance campaign has been observed targeting the Uyghur community as part of a long-standing spyware operation active since at least 2015, cybersecurity researchers disclosed Thursday. The intrusions, originally attributed to a threat actor named Scarlet Mimic back in January 2016, is said to have encompassed 20 different variants of the Android … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover Years-Long Mobile Spyware Campaign Targeting Uyghurs