# POISON CARP: threat group profile

> POISON CARP is a threat group. Public reporting about it is still limited. This free profile brings together what is known about it, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.

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## At a glance

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Attack techniques | 0 |
| Thought to operate from | Not known |
| Other names | 3 |
| Public reports | 3 |

## Who is POISON CARP?

POISON CARP is a threat group. Public reporting about it is still limited.

### Also known as

Evil Eye, Red Dev 16, Earth Empusa

Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.

### What public reporting says

> Between November 2018 and May 2019, senior members of Tibetan groups received malicious links in individually tailored WhatsApp text exchanges with operators posing as NGO workers, journalists, and other fake personas. The links led to code designed to exploit web browser vulnerabilities to install spyware on iOS and Android devices, and in some cases to OAuth phishing pages. This campaign was carried out by what appears to be a single operator that we call POISON CARP.

## Public reports about POISON CARP

- https://citizenlab.ca/2019/09/poison-carp-tibetan-groups-targeted-with-1-click-mobile-exploits/
- https://www.volexity.com/blog/2019/09/02/digital-crackdown-large-scale-surveillance-and-exploitation-of-uyghurs/
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/20/f/new-android-spyware-actionspy-revealed-via-phishing-attacks-from-earth-empusa.html

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### Who is POISON CARP?

POISON CARP is a threat group. Public reporting about it is still limited.

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