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

Explore a 44-minute Black Hat conference talk that delves into the alarming world of pre-infected mobile devices. Uncover how criminal enterprises exploit the outsourced manufacturing process to infiltrate the supply chain, potentially compromising millions of phones before they reach consumers. Learn about the risks faced by both regular users and enterprises, and gain insights into the operations of these malicious actors. Presented by experts Zhengyu Dong, Vladimir Kropotov, Paul Pajares, and Fyodor Yarochkin, this eye-opening presentation offers a behind-the-scenes look at the growing threat of pre-installed malicious firmware in mobile devices.

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