"dailymail" site refer to Android handsets may be secretly sending users' texts to China every 72 hours

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Android handsets may be secretly sending users' texts to China every 72 hours

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- A Chinese manufacturer has installed 'backdoor' software on 700 million Android phones that shares data without users knowing.The software forces the phones to send all the device's text messages to a server in China every 72 hours.A lawyer representing the company that created the firmware said it was designed for a Chinese client and never intended for use on phones elsewhere.
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Millions of Android handsets sold in the US at risk from Chinese firmware bug

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- A secret 'backdoor' has been discovered in 2.8 million Androids sold outside of China that make them vulnerable to being taken over by hackers.The bug lets hackers remotely access devices by installing malware apps through a flaw in the firm's over-the-air (OTA) update software, letting them execute commands as privileged users, and is known as a 'man-in-the-middle-attack'.Malware can then be installed to track keystrokes, bug calls and conduct other malicious behavior on a vulnerable Android phone.
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Nearly three million Android handsets are vulnerable to attacks that could secretly install malware

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- New York TimesBLU Studio GBLU Studio G PlusBLU Studio 6.0 HDBLU Studio XBLU Studio X PlusBLU Studio C HDInfinix Hot X507Infinix Hot 2 X510Infinix Zero X506Infinix Zero 2 X509DOOGEE Voyager 2 DG310LEAGOO Lead 5LEAGOO Lead 6LEAGOO Lead 3iLEAGOO Lead 2SLEAGOO Alfa 6IKU Colorful K45iBeeline Pro 2XOLO Cube 5.0According to a report published today, nearly three million Android handsets are vulnerable to man-in-the middle-attacks that could turn over full control of the handsets to hackers.The affected phones are currently residing in various regions of the world with the U.S. the number one location.The attack hits at root level and sends device information and more to a server in China, and to two domain names that were hard-wired into the affected handset's firmware.Security firm BitSight Technologies registered the two domain names and control them.
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