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Low-cost Android phones ship with residential proxy malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 11 hours ago by Gsus4@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/53326082

A malware campaign dubbed 'Midnight Mimosa' has been discovered on low-cost Android smartphones that ship with malicious software embedded in their firmware, allowing attackers to silently install apps, perform ad fraud, and turn devices into residential proxies. [...]

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[-] Pratai@piefed.ca -2 points 8 hours ago

So… android IS google, and Apple is not doing anything remotely close to this.

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 hours ago

Android is google? You don't say? 😉

And Apple is doing the same shit as google. At least they never tried to hide it

this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2026
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