`Security researchers in Germany have reported that a brand of cheap Chinese smartphones is being shipped to customers preloaded with malicious spyware.
Berlin-based G Data said that a smartphone known as the Star N9500 (a rough approximation of Samsung’s popular Galaxy S4) includes code that can retrieve a range of personal data and even remotely control the device’s camera and microphone before sending the information back to servers in China.
`The possibilities with this spy program are almost limitless. Online criminals get full access to the smartphone,” said G Data’s product manager Christian Geschkat on the company’s website.
The spying functions of the device are built into the smartphone’s Android-based firmware (a basic level of software that cannot usually be accessed by consumers) and utilise a Trojan known as Uupay.D. The malicious code also blocks security updates to the phone - preventing the malware from being removed by Google.
The phone is available to buy on many Western website including Amazon and Ebay. It costs roughly £100 and offers attractive technical specs including a 5-inch screen and quad-core processor. Comparable devices from better known manufacturers can cost nearly three times as much.`
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