On Monday, a US-based cyber security company revealed that hackers, backedby the Indian government link ledby Narendra Modi link, have beenspying on Pakistani citizens and Islamic applications.
More evidence of India’s state sponsored terrorism have come to light aftera US security company exposed the Indian hackerslink backed by Narendra Modi-ledgovernment.
The US company Lookout said it has discovered the two malware, Hornbill andSunBird, which are used by a cyber group named Confucius that firstappeared in 2013 as “a state-sponsored, pro-India actor primarily pursuingPakistani and other South Asian targets.”
Targets of these tools include Pakistani citizens, Islamic applications,and Indian Muslim population, election officials in Kashmir, the companyrevealed.
“Hornbill and SunBird have sophisticated capabilities to exfiltrate SMS,encrypted messaging app content, and geolocation, among other types ofsensitive information,” the company added.
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Confucius had created in the past malware for Windows operating systems,but the group has been known developing mobile malware since 2017 when thespying app ChatSpy was created.
“SunBird has been disguised as applications that include Security services,such as the fictional “Google Security Framework”, Apps tied to specificlocations (“Kashmir News”) or activities (“Falconry Connect” and “ManiaSoccer”), Islam-related applications (“Quran Majeed”),” the report said.
The majority of applications appear to target Muslim individuals.
