26-08-2020 11:30 via infosecurity-magazine.com

Click Fraud Risk as Smartphone Discovered with Pre-Installed Malware

Click Fraud Risk as Smartphone Discovered with Pre-Installed Malware Security researchers have discovered malware pre-installed on a Chinese smartphone and designed to facilitate mobile ad fraud on a massive scale.Upstream’s Secure-D Lab said it recorded 19.2 million suspicious transactions, which would have covertly signed-up unsuspected users to subscription services without their permission.It traced them back to around 200,000 Transsion Tecno W2 handsets used mainly in Egypt, Ethi
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