Lookout research: mobile APT surveillance campaigns targeting Uyghurs

The Lookout Threat Intelligence team has discovered four Android surveillanceware tools, which they named SilkBean, DoubleAgent, CarbonSteal, and GoldenEagle. These four interconnected malware tools are elements of much larger mAPT (mobile advanced persistent threat) campaigns originating in China, and primarily targeting the Uyghur ethnic minority, says the team.

Activity of these surveillance campaigns has been observed as far back as 2013.

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