Hackers who previously targeted Uyghurs evaded Google Play security checks to push a fake Signal app for Android. It uses a never previously-documented method to spy on the encrypted comms tool.
on the machinations of the attack, this was the first documented case of spying on a victim’s Signal via secret “autolinking.”
According to Stefanko, the same code seen in Signal Plus Messenger was previously used to target Uyghurs. Stefanko said that while there were fewer than 500 downloads of the fake Signal on Google Play, he believed the attacks were likely targeted, meaning the attackers weren’t going after a broad set of users, but specific individuals.
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