High-profile Tibetans have seen their Apple iPhones and Android devices targeted by hacks delivered in WhatsApp messages
Google and Apple smartphones used by high-profile Tibetans are being targeted by sophisticated spyware.. All that was required for their device to have a permanent tracker installed on their mobile was a single click of the link within the WhatsApp text, researchers claimed. It’s being labeled the most sophisticated attack on Tibetans yet, after attempts were made to steal WhatsApp and Facebook chats as well as locations with some novel techniques.
Once the Poison Carp malicious link was clicked on, rogue code would try to exploit weaknesses in the Android browser or Apple’s iOS operating system. None of those vulnerabilities were new, though in one case, the attackers tried to exploit a Google Chrome bug whose patch had not yet been deployed to users. Otherwise, anyone who was running an up-to-date Android or iOS at the time should’ve been protected from infection.
“It represents a significant escalation in social engineering tactics and technical sophistication compared to what we typically have observed being used against the Tibetan community,” the researchers wrote in their report, handed to“This is the most technical attack I have seen to date as it is a one-click exploit, which I have not seen for mobile devices before,” added Lobsang Gyatso from TibCERT, an organization set up to help protect Tibetans from cyberattack.
Though she blocked the number, months later she received a similar link, promising information on an issue regarding the Dalai Lama. TibCERT again confirmed it was another attempt to hack her phone via WhatsApp.. “We’ve always assumed WhatsApp to be safer compared to other apps.”
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