The story continues! We have reported recently that a large number of Chinese Android smartphones were infected by spywares, and potentially more being vulnerable to them. Now it seems more Chinese Android smartphones are infected!
More Chinese Android smartphones infected with spywares!
A few days ago, a Chinese technology company, called Shanghai Adups Technology, has admitted that it has installed spywares on 700 million Chinese smartphones. The piece of news has hit the technology world very hard. Although China is known to have serious security issues before, this incident again has raised an alarm about the problem of mobile security. Technology evolves everyday, and so do viruses, malwares and spywares!
About the mentioned spyware, it will install third party apps on the affected devices, bypassing the phone’s security and without users’ consent, as reported by Kryptowire. After that, the installed app will gather the phone’s data, ranging from call logs, IMEI, phone numbers, contact lists, SMS, etc. and send them back to the servers in Shanghai, China. What the company will do to the data, no one knows. Shanghai Adups Technology has denied any accusation of shady use of the gathered data, stating that it does not share with government or any other organizations.
One of the identified phones that are affected is the HD R1 of the brand Blu. After the news of the spyware is out, Blu has also admitted that more phones of the brand have also been infected. Those includes Energy X Plus 2, Studio Touch, Advance 4.0 L2, Neo XL and Energy Diamond. At the very least, Blu has quickly released an update to uninstall the spyware. However, the damage has been done, and once again Chinese smartphones are being questioned again. Remember, many more Chinese Android smartphones are vulnerable to such attacks.
Infected Chinese Android smartphones: Another warning!
With what has happened, it is time we must take mobile security seriously. You must know how to use smartphones safely. You should only install authentic apps, and scan regularly with authentic security softwares. You shouldn’t click on strange links either. Those are the least you can do to protect your security!