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Badly [re-]titled ArsTechnica article warns of large multi-vector malware incursions in IoT and personal devices suspected to be Chinese in origin (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"In total the researchers confirmed eight devices with backdoors installed—seven TV boxes, the T95, T95Z, T95MAX, X88, Q9, X12PLUS, and MXQ Pro 5G, and a tablet J5-W. (Some of these have also been identified by other security researchers looking into the issue in recent months)."

edit this is the v4 of the title of this post. I'm not accustomed to editorializing or de-editorializing posts. I believe that the brand names involved were fairly trivial to the discussion of escalating malware cyberoperations especially if they are state sponsored. Earlier versions of the title were mischiefously incendiary. I apologize for that.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Edit: OP fixed their title! Thanks OP! The original title was worded to state that Apple TVs were pre-installed with malware, which is not true. The rest of this comment can be ignored now but I've left it for reference:

OP'S headline is a lie and should be taken down or modified.

There are no Apple devices preloaded with malware or backdoors in this article.

Human Security’s research is divided into two areas: Badbox, which involves the compromised Android devices and the ways they are involved in fraud and cybercrime. And the second, dubbed Peachpit, is a related ad fraud operation involving at least 39 Android and iOS apps. Google says it has removed the apps following Human Security’s research, while Apple says it has found issues in several of the apps reported to it.

The same security firm that found the malware on the cheap Chinese ANDROID ONLY boxes, separately found android and ios apps which are security risks (and need to be downloaded manually). The firm reported the apps to both Google and Apple. Both companies are dealing with the reports appropriately.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you. No hatred toward anyone involved, but the first question is whether I’m affected and this provides a clear answer