While other major smartphone manufacturers are constantly trying to secure their devices, a China-based company is selling smartphones with built-in malware. According to reports, the malware comes bundled with the phone and is responsible for downloading other malware and malicious software without the user’s knowledge.
“Secure-D caught and blocked an unusually large number of transactions coming from Transsion Tecno W2 handsets mainly in Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa, Cameroon, (and) Ghana, with some fraudulent mobile transaction activity detected in another 14 countries. To date, a total of 19.2m suspicious transactions — which would have secretly signed users up to subscription services without their permission — have been recorded from over 200k unique devices.”, reads the report
