---
id: 1934
title: "From The Depths Of Counterfeit Smartphones"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/08/07/from-the-depths-of-counterfeit-smartphones/"
published_at: "2019-08-07T10:50:51Z"
tags: ["malware", "hardware-security", "mobile-security", "apple", "hardware", "rootkit", "counterfeit", "samsung", "smartphones", "mediatek"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1934"
lang: en
---

# From The Depths Of Counterfeit Smartphones

## Summary

Teardowns of counterfeit iPhone and Samsung clones show convincing exteriors hiding Mediatek hardware, unpatched vulnerabilities, insecure bloatware, and preinstalled malware and rootkits.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2019-08-07T10:50:51Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/08/07/from-the-depths-of-counterfeit-smartphones/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1934