China suspected of crafting spyware RAT tailored to Occupy Central
By Darren Pauli, 1 Oct 2014 Hong Kong activists rallying for electoral freedom are being targeted by an Android and iOS remote access trojan.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.
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