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How To Avoid Your Android Phone Getting Infected By Flubot by mediainc: 4:05pm On Oct 23, 2021 |
The Nigerian Communications Commission on Friday alerted Nigerians of the existence of a new, high-risk and extremely-damaging, Malware called Flubot. Here are some things to know about Flubot: The android phone is vulnerable to the attack 1 – Flubot targets Android devices. Flubot “impersonates Android mobile banking applications to draw fake web view on targeted applications” and its goal transcends stealing personal data and essentially targets stealing of credit card details or online banking credentials. 2 – Circulated through text message FluBot is circulated through Short Message Service (SMS) and can snoop “on incoming notifications, initiate calls, read or write SMSes, and transmit the victim’s contact list to its control centre.” 3 – Pretends to be FedEx, DHL, Correos, and Chrome app This malware attacks Android devices by pretending to be “FedEx, DHL, Correos, and Chrome applications” and compels unsuspecting users to alter the accessibility configurations on their devices in order to maintain continuous presence on devices. 4 – Duplicates fake login screen The new malware undermines the security of devices by copying fake login screens of prominent banks, and the moment the users enter their login details on the fake pages, their data is harvested and transmitted to the malware operators’ control point from where the data is exploited by intercepting banking-related One Time Passwords (OTPs) and replacing the default SMS app on the targeted Android device. 5 – Spreads to other contacts Consequently, it secures admittance into the device through SMS and proceeds to transmit similar messages to other contacts that may be on the device it has attacked enticing them into downloading the fake app. https://uptownmediainc.com/how-to-avoid-flubot-android-malware/ |
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