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Android Phones Ship With Preinstalled Proxy Malware
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Bitdefender discovered 13 apps on Google Play communicating with servers controlling preinstalled malware named Midnight Mimosa on MediaTek Android devices. The software turns phones into residential proxies for ad fraud and botnets, disabling the Play Store to bypass safeguards. Infected devices are mostly in Mexico, France, Italy, the U.S., Germany, Brazil, Spain, the U.K., Canada, Romania, Poland, and Thailand.
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