Mobile malware campaign targeting Uyghur Muslims impacted Tibetans too

2019-9-25 11:36

The mobile malware campaign targeting the Uyghur Muslim minority in China was also directed at senior members of Tibetan groups, according to new research. The details — disclosed by University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and TechCrunch — reveal that the targets were sent specifically tailored malicious web links over WhatsApp, which, when opened, exploited browser vulnerabilities on iOS and Android devices to install spyware, and surreptitiously stole private and sensitive information.

The researchers have traced the campaign back to a single operator they call POISON CARP. “The campaign is the first documented case of one-click mobile exploits used to target…

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Surveillance campaign targeting Uyghur Muslims affected not just iOS, but Android too

The malware campaign targeting the Uyghur Muslim minority in China’s autonomous region of Xinjiang may have been more extensive than previously thought. According to a new report published by Washington, DC-based cybersecurity firm Volexity, the community has been been at the receiving end of a large-scale surveillance operation via “strategically compromised websites” and mobile devices running not just iOS, but also Android.

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Recently unsealed court documents allege a pair of Call of Duty gamers were key in the success of an aggressive online crime syndicate that stole at least $3. 3 million in cryptocurrency. An FBI affidavit details the active roles played by two individuals, from Dolton and Bloomington Illinois, in an intimidating hacking campaign that saw hundreds of mobile phones accessed using stolen names, phone numbers, and other information, the Chicago Sun Times reports.

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17 October 2018, Malaysia: CryptantCrab is announcing its Pre-Sale release date with a Bounty campaign that is now open to all. The game, which is built on the Ethereum blockchain, takes its inspiration from an Asian past time of raising fighting fish as it provides a similar experience to raising these virtual crustaceans that comes […] The post Mobile Games Industry Veteran Introduces All-New Blockchain Entry, CryptantCrab, with Pre-Sale Announcement appeared first on NullTX.

2018-10-17 21:02


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Appel natives get free Galaxy S9s courtesy of Samsung

In its latest dig at Apple, Samsung went to a Dutch town named Appel to give out free Galaxy S9 units – presumably so it could win over Appel (geddit)? The company gave away phones to 50 out of Appel’s 312 residents, including its biggest Apple enthusiast Gerben van Walt Meijer, Marketing Manager Mobile of Samsung Netherlands, said: With our innovative products and services, we have been off the beaten track for years to make everyday life more fun and easy, With this marketing campaign, we do exactly the same.

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