Android: still smartphones infected since their conception in the factory
Society of cyber security Dr Web published last week a list of smartphones Android Chinese infected with malware at the level of their firmware. According to Dr. Web, infections occur during the design of these smartphones. To infect smartphones Android, cyber criminals have several possible entry doors: applications trapped, malicious links and other techniques are possible. But the safest and most effective is to deliver smartphone user with a malware integrated since its conception. Dr Web published the week last of several Chinese Android smartphones list containing all malware of type trojan integrated directly in the design of the device. For the user, it is not even necessary to make a mistake or to download a malicious application: the malware is present from the opening of the packaging. Called Android.triada.231, this malware attacks an Android component known as the Zygote. Zygote is used by Android to manage and compartmentalize the launch of applications on the phone, ...