Google Suspends Chinese E-Commerce App Pinduoduo Over Malware

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  1. Rasheed187

    Rasheed187 Registered Member

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    Holy crap, a legitimate app from Pinduoduo that is abusing ''zero day'' kernel exploits in Android on Samsung smartphones, to spy on other apps. It keeps getting crazier and crazier. :eek:

    https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/03/google-suspends-chinese-e-commerce-app-pinduoduo-over-malware/
     
  2. waking

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    "'I've never seen anything like this:'
    One of China's most popular apps has the ability to spy on its users,
    say experts"


    By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong and Juliana Liu, CNN
    Updated 12:25 PM EDT, Sun April 2, 2023

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html
     
  3. Rasheed187

    Rasheed187 Registered Member

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    Thanks for the heads up, is there any reason why you don't post hyperlinks? But anyway, it's quite shocking that a legitimate company like Pinduoduo has sunk so low and they even thought they would get away with this!
     
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