Malware preinstalled on Android phones

The infected devices included:

Galaxy Note 2
LG G4
Galaxy S7
Galaxy S4
Galaxy Note 4
Galaxy Note 5
Galaxy Note 8
Xiaomi Mi 4i
Galaxy A5
ZTE x500
Galaxy Note 3
Galaxy Note Edge
Galaxy Tab S2
Galaxy Tab 2
Oppo N3
vivo X6 plus
Asus Zenfone 2
LenovoS90
OppoR7 plus
Xiaomi Redmi
Lenovo A850
Check Point didn't disclose the names of the companies that owned the infected phones. Update: Monday, 3/13/2017, 6:16 Pacific Time: An earlier version of the Check Point blog post included Nexus 5 and Nexus 5x, but those models were removed without explanation in an update made over the weekend.

Padon said it's not clear if the two companies were specifically targeted or if the infections were part of a broader, more opportunistic campaign. The presence of ransomware and other easy-to-detect malware seems to suggest the latter. Check Point also doesn't know where the infected phones were obtained. One of the affected parties was a "large telecommunications company" and the other was a "multinational technology company."

>>59414231
what do

Here we go again

This isn't the first time Android phones have been shipped preinstalled with apps that can surreptitiously siphon sensitive user data to unknown parties. In November, researchers found a secret backdoor installed on hundreds of thousands of Android devices manufactured by BLU. A few days later, a separate research team uncovered a different backdoor on more than 3 million Android devices from BLU and other manufacturers. In those cases, however, the backdoors were previously unknown, and, in the latter case, they were intended to deliver legitimate over-the-air updates.

Friday's report shows why it's never a bad idea to scan a new Android device for malware, especially if the device is obtained through low-cost channels. Reputable malware scanners such as those from Lookout, Check Point, or Malwarebytes are all suitable. Most such apps can be used to scan a phone without having to pay a subscription. Although who sold or supplied the 38 phones Check Point found infected is unknown, another general rule is to avoid low-cost resellers. Instead, buy from a trusted store or website.

>>59414231
>Android
Fuck off Googleist. It's just Linux. I can run Linux without Google.

>>59414260
Nexus 5x owner here. Pretty sure Nexus 5x is also thus infected.

>>59414260
>all dat samsung
Every fucking time

>An assortment of malware was found on 38 Android devices belonging to two unidentified companies.
That means it's not the phones that are affected, but the two vendors that sell them, correct? Why is this news?

>>59414260
Which Redmi?

The new Apple™ iPhone 7 Plus™ Jet Black™ 256GB does not have this problem.

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>>59414231
>check brain system for privacy concerns regarding important documents on my phone
>fuck that
>porn and dickpics may be compromised

I'd like to share my data with CIA, MI6 and Google, they're my friends.

>>59414334
Ok, terrorists will use it.

>>59414301
>The malicious apps weren't part of the official ROM firmware supplied by the phone manufacturers but were added later somewhere along the supply chain.
Yeah, as I thought. It doesn't fucking matter, the phones are fine. Just some stupid "unknown" vendors installing bloat malware on their shitty ROMs.

>>59414261
riot or pay the nigerian/chink prince

>>59414334
yea foxcon keeps their slaves on a tight leash

>>59414448
>Oy vey, capitalism is evil. You should support communism goy.
Fuck off kike

>>59414231
First vault7 and now this. Once again, andrones are BTFO. Name one (1) company who can do that to iphones. Absolute kek.

>>59414705
>Name one company
all of them anon, all of them.

>>59414860
Explain?

>>59414939
Apple's over-all ownership percentage these days is what 30+%? Pretty decent number, but here's the interesting bit, Apple has only fought privacy when it came to the public, If Google, Samsung, all social media, bank accounts, cars, anything from an item, to a company isn't safe, in what world would it even be reasonable to believe something as simple as Apple is safe. No one is in any position to say they're 100% safe unless they keep they're hard drives in a bunker underground. Sure, you can be MORE safe, but the first you learn is security is that if it has a signal, it's not unhackable. Maybe Android devices were easier to breach because of the sheer volume and diversity of devices, to be frank, I'm not surprised something like this would happen.

>>59414260
>Entire list is Samshit or Chinkphones
Why am I not surprised

>>59414507
wtf are you even talking about

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>>59414231
I own a Nexus device :3

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>>59414231
>>59414260
ahahahah

get fucked retards

>>59414275
Found the loser who owns a smartphone and is a shut-in but pretends to be able to still use GPS, take pics and use apps like a normal person when really he only browses /g/ on the thing in bed, lol.

>>59414231
Only on certain phones. So it's literally nothing. If people wanted security they'd root their phone and manage permissions and firewall.

>>59414275
it was never "just linux" and it never will be.

>>59416306
so you're infected? shit that sux

>>59416422
but rooting your phone is the most insecure thing you can do you moron

>>59416446
>securing your system yourself rather than trusting 3rd parties is insecure
Yes, maybe if you're retarded.

>>59414260
I call bullshit, Note 8 isn't even out yet.

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>>59416699
Hahah you're fucking retarded

>>59416562
>securing

lel, nice one holmes