From Samsung to Google, Android smartphones are some of the most popular handheld devices around the world. But if you use an Android, a new report may raise some alarm bells for you.
Researchers from Secure-D have warned that 200,000 Android smartphones have been found to contain dangerous malware, called Triada.
In a blog about the findings, the researchers explained: “Triada is a well-known and extensively investigated malware that acts as a software backdoor and malware downloader.
It installs a trojan (a piece of malicious code designed to look normal) known as “xHelper” onto compromised devices. “It uses top-level device privileges to execute arbitrary malicious code after receiving instructions from a remote command and control
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