Gigaset revealed that the malware infections found on its Android devices were caused by hacker attacks on the servers of external update service providers. The German telecommunications equipment manufacturer said that the incident seems to date back to March 27. The affected smartphone models include GS100, GS160, GS170, GS180, GS270 (plus), and GS370 (plus) series.
By downloading and installing the installed system update App, this batch of malware takes various forms. Gigaset stated that it had issued a warning to the update service provider in a timely manner and blocked further infections on April 7.
At present, Gigaset has deployed measures to automatically remove malware for the affected devices and recommends that users connect the device to the Internet (turn on WLAN or turn on mobile data) and connect to a charger.
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If all goes well, the malware-infected device can be restored within 8 hours. The following is a complete list of malware-infected on the Gigaset device this time:
- Gem
- Smart
- Xiaoan
- asenf
- Tayase
- com.yhn4621.ujm0317
- com.wagd.smarter
- com.wagd.xiaoan
In addition, Gigaset urges users to visit the “Settings” application to check the device for signs of infection with suspected malware and to ensure that other software on the device is also updated to the latest version.
The specific affected device models include the full version of GS160 / GS170 / GS180, and the highest versions such as GS100_HW1.0_XXX_V19, GIG_GS270_S138, GIG_GS270_plus_S139, GIG_GS370_S128 and GIG_GS370_plus_S128. In addition, GS110, GS185, GS190, GS195, GS195LS, GS280, GS290, GX290, GX290plus, GX290 PRO, GS3 and GS4 series were not affected by this incident.
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