Security News > 2022 > November > New BadBazaar Android malware linked to Chinese cyberspies
2022-11-11 16:26
A previously undocumented Android spyware tool named 'BadBazaar' has been discovered targeting ethnic and religious minorities in China, most notably the Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
Uyghurs, a regional Muslim minority of roughly 13 million people, have suffered extreme oppression from the central Chinese government due to their cultural deviation from typical eastern Chinese values.
The new spyware was originally discovered by MalwareHunterTeam and linked to Bahamut in VirusTotal detections.
This report indicates that surveillance of Chinese minorities continues unabated despite the outcry from international human rights protection organizations.
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