China-based Supply Chain Cyberattacks Hit Thousands of Android Devices
The cyber defender, which specializes in disrupting bot attacks, digital fraud and abuse, said it impeded a “key monitization mechanism” of a number of criminal operations involving “backdoored” off-brand mobile and CTV Android devices sold to end users through retailers in China.
Guess you have to think twice before buying a no-name Android device from Aliexpress from now on 👀
https://www.msspalert.com/news/human-security-disrupts-supply-chain-android-attacksOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
To be fair, you should always think twice about devices like that. At the very least, put them on their own VLAN, or at least have Pi-Hole running
nice 1 op. and here I was thinking of buying an android aliexpress smartwatch to play with. nope.