PCWorld: Your brand new phone could still have malware

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New phones are being tampered with before they hit the market.

By Jeremy Kirk
Sep 1, 2015

A new phone is supposed to be a clean slate. But alarmingly, that's not always the case.

Security company G Data has identified more than 20 mobile phones that have malware installed despite being marketed as new, according to a research report. And it doesn't appear the infection is occurring during manufacturing.

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