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Hackers Hide Malware in App Pretending to Be China-Repressed Uyghur Activist's Memoir – The New York Folk

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Hackers are targeting members of the ever-repressed minority Uyghur community in western China by trying to get users to download a fake app version of a book released by a prominent Uyghur activist. In a report released Monday by the cybersecurity firm Cyble, cybersecurity researchers said the Android app-based malware is designed to look like the personal memoir of World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa titled The China Freedom Trap. The malware had an icon designed to look like the cover page, and opening the app reportedly displayed a pdf of the cover page and introduction of the book. In…

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