Tibetan Groups Targeted with 1-Click Mobile Exploits
released on 2019-09-24 @ 09:22:20 AM
Between November 2018 and May 2019, senior members of Tibetan groups received malicious links in individually tailored WhatsApp text exchanges with operators posing as NGO workers, journalists, and other fake personas. The links led to code designed to exploit web browser vulnerabilities to install spyware on iOS and Android devices, and in some cases to OAuth phishing pages. This campaign was carried out by what appears to be a single operator that we call POISON CARP. Note: Alien Labs has expanded this pulse to include additional domains, linked at a lower confidence level.