Article N9QG Chinese ad firm pwns Android users, creates hijackable global botnet

Chinese ad firm pwns Android users, creates hijackable global botnet

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Story ImageHorrid marketing outfit roots user phones, exposes devices to malware hell

A Chinese advertising company has infected and 'completely' hijacked likely hundreds of thousands of Android handsets with an attack so careless it exposes a global botnet to easy hijacking and opens handsets to total compromise by any malware."

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