A supply-chain attack targeting Android-based car head units is using a legitimate device-update app to spread malware that enlists compromised devices in a proxy botnet or uses them for ad fraud.

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A newly discovered Android malware, distributed through the built-in updaters in affected Android-based car head units, turns infected devices into ad-fraud tools and nodes in a proxy botnet, ...