Bitdefender finds Midnight Mimosa, preinstalled Android malware on cheap MediaTek phones that fakes ad clicks, drops apps and builds a proxy botnet. Bitdefender researchers discovered a campaign called Midnight Mimosa involving preinstalled Android malware on low-cost phones from different brands that use MediaTek platforms. The malware is built into the device firmware and may be […]

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[–] 10 points 3 weeks ago

I encountered this on a cheap android tv box off Amazon. Found weird apks and after some digging found it emulated a pixel phone and performed fraudulent ad impressions using my home internet after I turned off my TV.

Returned it and reported to Amazon. The listing was gone in a day and reposted the next. 🤷‍♂️

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