A dangerous new Android backdoor has been found - Keenadu lurks in firmware, here's what we know

• Kaspersky found new Android devices come with Keenadu malware preinstalled
• A firmware variant gives attackers full control over apps, data, and searches
• 13,000+ infections detected; victims advised to replace compromised devices

Be careful where you’re buying your Android devices - as experts have warned some come preinstalled with sinister malware that can take over your entire device, snoop on your data, make changes, and more.

Researchers from Kaspersky have discovered a brand new malware variant, which they dubbed Keenadu, operating as a backdoor, with varying degrees of compromise, depending on how it is deployed.

What's worse is that Keenadu is being deployed at firmware level, which means someone installed it below the OS, and before the device was even sold on the market. The experts not how they’ve also seen it embedded within system apps, deployed through malicious APKs, and even apps on ...