Experts warn cheap Android phones are being shipped with malware built in, so be on your guard

Budget Android phones shipped with firmware-level malware preinstalled before reaching customersMalware generated fraudulent ad revenue and turned infected devices into residential proxiesVictims spanned 150 countries, with cleanup often requiring firmware-level remediationImagine buying a brand new, sealed Android phone, and later realizing it came with preinstalled malware rooted deeply into the firmware and thus almost impossible to remove - generating fraudulent ad clicks for a malicious thi