Never-before-seen Android spyware tools have been used in a widespread APT campaign to spy on the Uyghur ethnic minority group since 2013. The campaign uses three never-before seen Android surveillanceware tools, dubbed SilkBean, GoldenEagle and CarbonSteal, and one previously disclosed tool, DoubleAgent. The tools are used to gather and exfiltrate personal user data to attacker-operated command-and-control (C2) servers. Researchers say the apps in the campaign were likely distributed through a combination of targeted phishing and fake third-party app stores.
Source: https://threatpost.com/four-android-spyware-tools-surveillance-campaign/157063/