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Infected Phones

2015-09-01 23:52:39.865307+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Bought a brand-new phone? It could still have malware.

Ray Gorman, Lenovo's executive director of external communications, wrote in an email that the device G Data analyzed came from a third-party marketplace. The malware was installed by middlemen, he wrote.

"This is the only such occurrence we have been made aware of," Gorman wrote. "We always recommend customers transact with authorized distribution channels and only accept merchandise that comes in an official box with original factory seals."

Smartphone malware planted in popular apps pre-sale.

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