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I know that I've seen most people purchasing Huawei products as alternatives, so I thought this may be relevant.
According to Check Point Mobile Security team researchers, millions of brand new Android smartphones manufactured by Honor, Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo, Samsung and GIONEE came out of production with pre-installed malware.
Researchers report that all these affected devices were shipped through Tian Pai, a Hangzhou-based mobile phone distributor, however it is not clear if the company has direct impact on this matter.
Dubbed RottenSys, the malware was pre-installed as a "System Wi-Fi service" app on millions of brand new smartphones taking almost all sensitive Android permissions to enable its malicious activities.
To check if your device is infected with RottenSys, go to Android system settings→ App Manager, and then look for the following possible malware package names:
Source: 5 Million Android Phones Infected with Pre-installed RottenSys Malware
According to Check Point Mobile Security team researchers, millions of brand new Android smartphones manufactured by Honor, Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo, Samsung and GIONEE came out of production with pre-installed malware.
Researchers report that all these affected devices were shipped through Tian Pai, a Hangzhou-based mobile phone distributor, however it is not clear if the company has direct impact on this matter.
Dubbed RottenSys, the malware was pre-installed as a "System Wi-Fi service" app on millions of brand new smartphones taking almost all sensitive Android permissions to enable its malicious activities.
To check if your device is infected with RottenSys, go to Android system settings→ App Manager, and then look for the following possible malware package names:
- com.android.yellowcalendarz
- com.changmi.launcher
- com.android.services.securewifi
- com.system.service.zdsgt
Source: 5 Million Android Phones Infected with Pre-installed RottenSys Malware
