This has created a strange ecosystem for app stores in China, which depend on vulnerability exploitation in varying degrees for installation privileges.
Maybe some of the work is dual use, but the primary motivation for funding this kind of vuln discovery and exploit development seems to have been App Store ecosystem development in China.
This has created a strange ecosystem for app stores in China, which depend on vulnerability exploitation in varying degrees for installation privileges.
Can you explain that a bit more? 3rd party app stores are legitimate on Android, so why would they depend on vulnerability exploitation?
I am a little unclear on why they operate the way they do, but the k33n team guys are all employed by Tencent. I’ve asked them about it and this was the rationale they presented.
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Google doesn’t support app purchases in China.
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This has created a strange ecosystem for app stores in China, which depend on vulnerability exploitation in varying degrees for installation privileges.
Maybe some of the work is dual use, but the primary motivation for funding this kind of vuln discovery and exploit development seems to have been App Store ecosystem development in China.
Can you explain that a bit more? 3rd party app stores are legitimate on Android, so why would they depend on vulnerability exploitation?
I am a little unclear on why they operate the way they do, but the k33n team guys are all employed by Tencent. I’ve asked them about it and this was the rationale they presented.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent