In February, a researcher detailed a widely circulating Android backdoor that’s so pernicious that it survives factory resets, a trait that makes the malware impossible to remove without taking unusual measures. Further Reading Nasty Android malware reinfects its targets, and no one knows how The analysis found that the unusual persistence was the result of rogue folders containing a trojan installer, neither of which was removed by a reset.

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