It has been reported that more than 40 low-cost Android models are sold to the users with an infected Triada banking Trojan. This revelation has been made by a Russian based antivirus vendor Dr. Web.
The security vendor was quick to publish a list of 42 Android models that have been analyzed to be host to the Trojan virus at the time of sale. Triada is known to be a very powerful and manipulative Trojan, which was discovered back in early 2016. The virus can brilliantly root devices and then infect them with Zygote, which is an operating system process at the core. At this stage, it is really impossible to remove this virus without having to reinstall the OS and wipe the entire device.
Infected Smart Phones
Dr. Web, the person who made this revelation, has stated that the Trojan is believed to be found on recently shipped devices coming from lesser-known Chinese brands. These brands include Doogee, Leagoo, Advan, Cherry Mobile, Vertex and many others.
The malware is believed to be a part of devices that are sold across the globe, including Russia. A spokesman from Dr. Web clarified the situation through a statement that indicated which countries were mostly suffering from the infected devices. According to Dr. Web, Indonesia, Poland, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Serbia and Mexico are believed to be the countries most affected by the virus.
This research by Dr. Web certainly isn’t true and is just a continuation of previous studies conducted in this research. Back in July of last year, the company spokesperson mentioned that the Triada Trojan was found in no less than 4 low-cost smartphone models from the Android operating system. These models include the Leagoo M8, Leagoo M5 Plus, Nomu S20 and Nomu S10.
Researchers took notice of this issue and looked into the issue to find out that more than 40 smartphone models came with malware that was pre-installed in the devices. This is a major revelation and may hint towards greater malwares in other models as well.
