Behind the Scenes: How Criminal Enterprises Pre-infect Millions of Mobile Devices

Mobile phones may come pre-infected with malicious firmware before they are even delivered to the customers. This is a growing problem for regular users and enterprises. Many businesses produce mobile devices by outsourcing the manufacturing process. The process comes with risks. The supply chain of the outsourced manufacturing can be easily infiltrated by third-party threat actors. In this presentation, we will dive into the criminal operations of a criminal enterprise that targets mobile phones..... By: Zhengyu Dong , Vladimir Kropotov , Paul Pajares , Fyodor Yarochkin Full Abstract and Presentation Materials: https://www.blackhat.com/asia-23/brie...