Android settlers besieged by factory pre-installed malware

There’s a flow of Android malware that those who settle for pretend iPhones cannot defend themselves against: malicious apps that have been factory pre-installed, according to a Black Hat presentation by Google Project Zero researcher Maddie Stone.
John E Dunn for Naked Security:It starts with the sheer number of apps that now come with Android devices out of the box – somewhere between 100 and 400.
Criminals only need to subvert one of those, which has become a particular problem fo