Chinese Smart Phones Come With Spyware Preinstalled

Intel is valuable, and you never know what you might get if you keep a door open:

Android devices are one of the most vulnerable mobile OS (operating systems) due to its open source nature. But what would a user do if their device is delivered to them with a pre-installed malware? Well, Let’s talk about that.

IT security researchers at Dr. Web, a Russian cyber security firm has discovered that a number of Android devices including Leagoo M8, Leagoo M5 Plus, Nomu S20 and Nomu S10 have a malicious program built into the firmware.

Dubbed Triada by researchers the Trojan is embedded in the Zygote component’s system process whose function is to launch apps and programs on a device. By infecting Zygote, the trojan downloads and executes additional modules on targeted devices – All this is done without the knowledge of the user.

The researchers further noticed that Triada is embedded into libandroid_runtime.so system library which is used by every Android app. This means millions of devices could be infected. However, it is unclear how the Trojan made its way into these devices.

For a while there were rumors Cisco routers were being picked up by China in bulk, having backdoors preinstalled, and then were being released onto the market at bargain basement prices to government contractors who would pick them up and underbid their competitors for government contracts. The idea was, sooner or later DOD and CIA would be transferring data over compromised hardware.

If you do not buy something directly from the manufacturer, you have to assume it could be compromised, and always be careful what you put on it. That means, no online banking on any secondhand phones, and when the revolution comes, assume everything is compromised.

Of course if government is tracking you in the Apocalypse, even what comes from the manufacturer will be suspect.

Tell others about r/K Theory, because everything is compromised, except r/K