Android 'DeathRing' Malware Being Preloaded on Cheap Smartphones

For the second time in a year, Chinese-made Android smartphones have been discovered pre-flashed with malware, this time a Trojan security firm Lookout Mobile has ominously dubbed 'DeathRing'.
On infected handsets, DeathRing pretends to be a ringtone app but can be used to download other malware, communicating with its command and control via SMS or even the ancient WAP.
It activates once the device has been rebooted five times or, in other cases, the device has been accessed 50 times by its