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Alleged Baidu Spyware Gathering User Data From Sony Xperia Smartphones

Sony Xperia Smartphones with Android 4.4.2 or 4.3 KitKat versions have been allegedly found to send user data back to China-based servers of Baidu. The alleged spyware was found after users reported a strange folder named Baidu The folder appeared automatically with no user permission and it automatically reappears even if it is deleted with admin rights or from Safe Mode. The folders contents have been reported to send pings to a server in China.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/alleged-baidu-spyware-gathering-user-data-from-sony-xperia-smartphones-unexpected-behaviour-sony-says/

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