The Lookout Threat Intelligence team has discovered four Android surveillanceware tools, which we named SilkBean, DoubleAgent, CarbonSteal, and GoldenEagle. These four interconnected malware tools are elements of much larger mAPT (mobile advanced persistent threat) campaigns originating in China. The primary aim of these apps is to gather and exfiltrate personal user data to attacker-operated command-and-control servers. The Chinese governments Strike Hard Campaign against Violent Terrorism launched in mid-2014, led to the creation of the National Security Strategic Guidelines.”]
Source: https://blog.lookout.com/multiyear-surveillance-campaigns-discovered-targeting-uyghurs