Hong Kong protester's targeted by advanced cross-platform (mobile) Trojan
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Hong Kong activists who have taken to the streets to demand electoral freedom are being targeted by mobile spyware – an Android and iOS remote-access Trojan to be precise.
Israeli security firm Lacoon Mobile Security spotted the Xsser mRAT spyware being distributed under the guise of an app to help coordinate the Occupy Central protests in the autonomous region.
Protestors were being targeted with the iOS trojan and a related Android spyware, the latter of which was sent over WhatsApp messages under the guise of local coder activist group Code4HK, according to researchers Shalom Bublil, Daniel Brodie and Avi Bashan.
Founder Ohad Bobrov said the manufacture of a targeted iOS and Android app appeared to indicate a well-resourced attacker, possibly the Chinese Government.
"Cross-Platform attacks that target both iOS and Android devices are rare, and indicate that this may be conducted by a very large organisation or nation state," Bobrov wrote.
"The fact that this attack is being used against protesters and is being executed by Chinese-speaking attackers suggests it's first iOS Trojan linked to Chinese Government cyber activity.
"When infected, Xsser mRAT exposes virtually any information on iOS devices including SMS, email, and instant messages, and can also reveal location data, usernames and passwords, call logs and contact information."
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[url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/01/hong_kong_protesters_targeted_with_ios_droid_spyware/[/url]
Fuck-iPhone function... 😱
- I did have a look around but couldn't find a thread despite it being a few days old.
To clarify on the iOS part, only jailbroken devices are affected by this malware.
Just stick with your Nokias and this wouldn't be a problem.
Ter the other way of doin
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