China-Based APTs Deploy Fake Dalai Lama Apps to Spy on Tibetan Community

The Tibetan community has been targeted by a China-nexus cyber espionage group as part of two campaigns conducted last month ahead of the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday on July 6, 2025. The multi-stage attacks have been codenamed Operation GhostChat and Operation PhantomPrayers by Zscaler ThreatLabz...

1-Click iPhone and Android Exploits Target Tibetan Users via WhatsApp

A team of Canadian cybersecurity researchers has uncovered a sophisticated and targeted mobile hacking campaign that is targeting high-profile members of various Tibetan groups with one-click exploits for iOS and Android devices. Dubbed Poison Carp by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, the...

Spy Campaign Spams Pro-Tibet Group With ExileRAT

A cyber-espionage campaign has been spotted targeting recipients of a mailing list run by the Central Tibetan Administration CTA. India’s CTA is an organization officially representing the Tibetan government-in-exile. The territory of Tibet is administered by the People’s Republic of China – but...

Watering-Hole Attack Compromises Key Tibetan Site

In what has become a familiar scenario over the last couple of years, attackers have compromised a key Tibetan web site and loaded it with code that redirects some users to a third-party site that installs an APT-style backdoor. The attack has hit the Web site of the Central Tibetan Administratio...

New Mac Malware 'Dockster' Found on Dalai Lama site

A new trojan horse app called Dockster is targeting Mac users by exploiting a known Java vulnerability CVE-2012-0507. The trojan is apparently being delivered through a website gyalwarinpoche.com dedicated to the Dalai Lama and once installed can collect user keystrokes and other personal...

New Mac Malware 'Dockster' Found on Dalai Lama site

A new trojan horse app called Dockster is targeting Mac users by exploiting a known Java vulnerability CVE-2012-0507. The trojan is apparently being delivered through a website gyalwarinpoche.com dedicated to the Dalai Lama and once installed can collect user keystrokes and other personal...

Dockster Mac Malware Targets Dalai Lama Website Through Flashback Vulnerability

Mac malware targeting Tibetan supporters is being served on a website connected to the Dalai Lama. The Dockster Trojan, discovered by researchers at F-Secure, exploits the same Java vulnerability as the virulent Flashback Trojan that hit more than 600,000 OS X users earlier this year. F-Secure...

Dalai Lama's Birthday Used As Bait In Targeted Attacks

Followers and supporters of Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama were the targets of an e-mail borne attack that used news of the spiritual leader’s birthday to trick recipients into installing a surreptitious monitoring program on their computers. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab identified a numb...