The number of Pre-loaded mobile trojan in the wild is increasing, DeathRing is the last one discovered by the experts. It’s not first the time that Android handsets come preloaded with malware, but cyber security experts are warning of a worrying increase of the cases.
The problem is widespread in Asia and Africa, where criminals are able to compromise the supply chain. Similar cases are frequent for a cheap, low-level devices. Security researchers have detected pre-loaded instances of the DeathRing malware, unfortunately they are not currently aware of where in the supply chain the mobile trojan is installed.
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