malicious software on newly purchased devices – previously, the Federal office for information security warns. Thousands of users are presumably compromised by pre-installed programs.
“common sense is to replace it with nothing,” says Jörg Schwenk chair for network and data security at the University of Bochum. “If the device is very convenient, will have entered the manufacturer of a hidden business model. You should be skeptical.”
specialists of the Federal office for security in information technology had ordered on the Internet at Amazon, three cheap devices and tested. It comes to the Tablet Eagle 804 of Kruger&Matz, the Smartphone S8 Pro from Lenovo and the Smartphone A10 of black view. The result: On the Tablet, you immediately found a malicious program. In the case of the two Chinese Smartphones apparently older operating affected systems, you must download to use the phones from the manufacturer.
“If the manufacturer is not reliable, he can install any Software on its devices. When buying, the customers have no suspicion,” says Schwenk. The price for a cheap phone or Tablet is, unfortunately, sometimes the privacy. Not always anti-virus programs would detect the malicious software.
The Federal office for security in information technology has tested the cheap Smartphones and Tablets.
Unnoticed control by Hacker
hackers to control the affected devices unnoticed, remote, data capture, and even more programs to install. The Federal office speaks of the possibility that Banking Trojans can spy on the devices account data. A manual removal of the malicious software was due to the anchoring in the internal area of the Firmware is not possible.
“Once more evident in this case, quite clearly, that the price or technical Features alone may not be a criterion for a purchase decision,” says BSI President Arne Schönbohm. “The user numbers on it otherwise might be with your data, or due to fraudulent activities.” The malware transmits various data from the devices ad-hoc to a Server.
