Tag: uyghur

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Uyghur Diaspora Group Targeted with Remote Surveillance Malware

Senior members of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) were targeted by a sophisticated spear phishing campaign aimed at deploying surveillance malware. The attack, discovered in March 2025, involved a trojanized version of a legitimate Uyghur language text editor. The malware enabled remote surveillanc…
surveillance
remote access
spear phishing
2025-04-28
uyghur
trojanized application
uyghureditpp backdoor
Published: April 28, 2025
Downloadable IOCs: 0

Weaponized Words: Uyghur Language Software Hijacked to Deliver Malware

This analysis details a spearphishing campaign targeting senior members of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) in March 2025. The attackers used a trojanized version of a legitimate Uyghur language text editor to deliver Windows-based malware for remote surveillance. While not technically advanced, the…
spearphishing
trojanized software
2025-04-28
gheyretdetector backdoor
remote surveillance
uyghureditpp trojan
digital transnational repression
uyghur
diaspora targeting
world uyghur congress
Published: April 28, 2025
Downloadable IOCs: 8
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