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By now you have all probably seen an ad from Temu, an online marketplace brand similar to Wish. What you probably haven’t heard of yet is that their app bares all the trademarks of an exploit delivery system. Just for some background context, Temu is owned by the Chinese e-commerce company PDD Holdings, a sister company of Pinduoduo. Earlier this year, #Google removed the Pinduoduo app from its play store after it was assessed to contain malware and exploits that targets users’ personal data. Meanwhile, Pinduoduo shifted its engineering team to focus on a new app: Temu. Temu’s app, once downloaded, does an array of things commonly carried out by malware, such as: - Searches for Service Updates (i.e. security updates) - Detect and prevent security analysis on the app - Gain access to receive, compile, and execute code on a device (exploit injection) - Requests a significant amount of permissions regarding a device and it’s files This isn’t to say that other apps do not ask for an array of permissions, such as contact uploads, history, and location, but Temu’s are far from normal and suggests malicious intent, especially when considering that they worked on Pinduoduo’s app. Again, this bares all the trademarks of an app designed to inject exploits into whatever device downloads it. Considering their largest selling point is giveaways, low prices, and free products, they are likely trying to get as many people to download their app as possible to check it out (Over 100 million to date). For what reason? We don’t know yet. One could speculate that the app is primed to exploit personal data to be sold on the dark web or even a back door. #AtlasNewsUpdateUnitedStates