Tag: uyghur spyware

[ad_1] Nearly a third of Uyghur-language Android apps shared on social media platforms or downloaded from third-party app stores since July are infected with spyware. Nearly a third of Uyghur-language Android apps shared on social media platforms or downloaded from third-party app stores since July are infected with spyware, according to research provided exclusively to Bloomberg News.The apps are predominately infected by two new malware strains that secretly enable hackers to access and transmit private photos, messages and contacts, according to researchers at the San Francisco-based cybersecurity firm Lookout Inc. The company is scheduled to publish its findings later on Thursday. Different types of malware have targeted Uyghurs with cyber-espionage for about a decade, but the new...