HUMAN Disrupts Digital Supply Chain Threat Actor Scheme Originating from China
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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team observed more than 74,000 Android-based mobile phones, tablets, and CTV boxes showing signs of infection.
Key Points:
- HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team observed more than 74,000 Android-based mobile phones, tablets, and CTV boxes showing signs of infection.
- Dubbed BADBOX by HUMAN Security, the scheme utilizes Triada malware, first uncovered in 2016, as a “backdoor” on physical devices such as CTV boxes, smartphones, and tablets running Android during the supply chain process in China.
- HUMAN partnered with members of the Human Collective and its extended network and others to achieve a widespread disruption of the PEACHPIT scheme.
- To learn more about the BADBOX operation, visit the HUMAN blog and read the full technical report .