Forwarded from Pegasus NSO & other spyware
Millions of mobile phones come pre-infected with malware β’ The Register β May 2023
Lemon Groupβs Cybercriminal Businesses Built on Preinfected Devices β Trendmicro - May 2023
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The malware turns the devices into proxies which are used to steal and sell SMS messages, take over social media and online messaging accounts, and used as monetization opportunities via adverts and click fraud.
Through telemetry data, the researchers estimated that at least millions of infected devices exist globally, but are centralized in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. A statistic self-reported by the criminals themselves, said the researchers, was around 8.9 million.
Lemon Groupβs Cybercriminal Businesses Built on Preinfected Devices β Trendmicro - May 2023
An overview of the Lemon Groupβs use of preinfected mobile devices, and how this scheme is potentially being developed and expanded to other internet of things (IoT) devices. This research was presented in full at the Black Hat Asia 2023 Conference in Singapore in May 2023
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