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Low-cost Android phones ship with firmware malware that enables ad fraud and proxy abuse

Certificates bearing its name signed some affected firmware

Some low-cost Android phones arrive with malware already in the firmware. Bitdefender named the campaign Midnight Mimosa after finding it on phones built on MediaTek chips, where it installs and removes apps and pulls new modules from a remote server.

Updated Oct 25