{"id":5819,"date":"2016-11-17T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T19:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=5819"},"modified":"2017-02-13T09:41:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:41:20","slug":"firmware-detected-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/firmware-detected-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Firmware Detected in Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digital security has reached a breach as Firmware was found in several models of Android devices, leaking users\u2019 sensitive data without user consent. It&#8217;s very important to understand your rights to keep information private by using a secure antivirus that detects Firmware, malware and viruses.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"psafe:\/\/launch\/antivirus_quick\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4696\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78.png\" alt=\"Run Virus Scan\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nSecurity experts frequently discover vulnerabilities in consumer electronics, but this case was no accident. Shanghai Adups Technology Company, says its code runs on more than 700 million phones saying this particular Firmware was intentionally designed the software to help a Chinese mobile manufacturer monitor behaviors and was never intended to be released for public consumption. We\u2019re urging our users to report to the manufacturer in order to resolve Firmware issues at point of sale.<\/p>\n<p>According to New York Times, Adups has not published a list of affected phones, so it is not clear how users can determine whether their phones are vulnerable. PSafe Total is able to detect this malware most of the time . 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