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Hackers infect Android car systems to build proxy botnet
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Summary
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in Chinese automotive software provider DoFun's Android car head units to build a proxy botnet. The malware, initially delivered through a legitimate system application (TWCore), allows attackers to install malicious apps like JarService, which can display ads and route internet traffic, linked to the BadBox botnet, a group previously associated with compromising various internet-connected devices.
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