China’s surveillance against Uyghurs and Tibetans more persuasive than previously anticipated.
China for long has been persecuting Uyghurs Muslims on the pretext of countering extremist ideologies. Much of this has been reported in the mainstream media in the form of visibly seen concentration camps. However, another facet is also present which has been neglected if one views the lack of attention it has earned until now.
This respective front happens to be the cybersecurity world where China has been found to be using 4 Android surveillance tools since 2013 as a part of its APT campaigns according to a report by Lookout.
The tools named SilkBean, DoubleAgent, CarbonSteal, and GoldenEagle each with their unique features are geared towards collecting the data of people under surveillance through malicious apps and then transmitting it to Chinese controlled C2 servers.
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How the attackers managed to distribute these apps is through third-party fake app stores along with phishing attacks. There was no evidence found indicating that any compromise was made through the Google Play Store.
As shown in the infographic above, the success of the campaign can be attributed to the fact that the attackers trojanized many legitimate apps that are used daily such as ..
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