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[–] WhiteSoIMustBeRacist 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

I support much much harsher penalties for people who get caught doing this. Caught producing and distributing malware? Chop off one of their hands. And do it frequently, swiftly, and publicly.

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[–] collegetoker 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

This just reeks of bullshit. It doesn't offer any description on the name of the exploit, a synopsis, or anything. The article provides no information as to check to see if your system is infected and says that it can survive a factory reset, which doesn't seem likely.

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[–] HACKhalo2 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

A factory reset basically dumps the /data partition and rebuilds it from the /system partition. If a bad app were to put itself in the /system partition, then a factory reset wouldn't get rid of it, only a complete ROM reinstall would, since that overwrites every partition the phone uses.

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[–] collegetoker ago 

I think what you are describing is a system restore, which is categorically different.

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[–] ttyS0 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Also older devices with well-known security vulnerabilities which are commonly used to root them. The malware app first uses those to gain root privileges which in turn are used to persist it as a privileged system app on the normally read-only system partition, which is resistant against a factory reset (= data partition wipe).

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[–] Zquareman 1 point 5 points (+6|-1) ago 

It's called Droid OS and good luck getting rid of it.

Also, lol, wtf, engadget? No reputable sources?

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[–] UffishThought 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2015/11/04/trojanized-adware/

The shedun family modifies install-recovery.sh. Some variants also drop a version of the chattr command which prevents removal of a file unless the immutable bit is changed back(even as root). There will probably be a white paper in the future with low level tech details.

A new phone isn't strictly necessary - dropping in a fresh ROM would take care of matters, but many people wouldn't feel comfortable delving that deeply into their phone.

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[–] Zquareman ago 

Thanks. How are people getting this, opening executables they shouldn't or something less retarded?