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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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[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 0 points 14 hours ago

While I wasn't 100% serious, I wasn't just joking either.

Sure there is a difference. But not a big one. Do you know what each android process actually does? And both can install any shit they want at any time. You can't even uninstall their store or apps.

To me personally, the difference is slim. And malware is malware, the difference often is just billions of dollars and doing it more or less on the open.

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