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Weaponized Words: Uyghur Language Software Hijacked to Deliver Malware - The Citizen Lab

ResearchTargeted ThreatsDigital Transnational Repression Key Findings In March 2025, senior members of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) living in exile were targeted with a spearphishing campaign aimed at delivering Windows-based malware capable of conducting remote surveillance against its targets. The malware was delivered through a trojanized version of a legitimate open source word processing and spell check tool developed to support the use of the Uyghur language. The tool was originally bui...

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