Chinanews.com client, Beijing, December 9th (Reporter Wu Tao) Recently, it was reported that a man met a business on the side of the street doing an activity to scan a QR code to send a thermos mug. The man stepped forward to scan the QR code. Later, I received a thermos cup.
A few minutes later, he found that his WeChat account showed a stolen account.
"Scan the code on the street to send a thermos mug to the account stolen" rushed to the hot search.
Screenshot of Weibo.
Many netizens were taken aback by this news and asked what the principle is?
The account was stolen by scanning the QR code?
Can we still "scan" safely?
Scan the code on the roadside to send benefits? Mo Qingxin
On December 9, WeChat told a reporter from Chinanews.com that there are currently scammers who use free gifts to give out benefits on the street to trick users into scanning codes. The QR codes prepared by scammers are generally logins from WeChat clients such as iPad/PC. After scanning the code, scammers can do evil without the user's knowledge.
Common ways of doing evil include: obtaining the QR code of the user group and selling it to malicious marketing groups; using the user’s circle of friends to post fraud, vulgar, and marketing information; cheating money from the user’s WeChat relatives and friends; obtaining user privacy information privately Wait.
It is understood that similarly, there are free masks, coffee, balloons, water cups, roast duck, etc. by scanning the code. Some are scanning the code to join the group, and some are inducing users to scan the code and assist them in WeChat registration or unblocking.
What's interesting is that when these "local push scan code teams" set up roadside stalls for publicity, they even claimed that they were "WeChat teams" holding promotional activities for security assistance functions.
But in 2020, the WeChat official has issued a statement that no such event has ever been held.
How to prevent it?
As for what "black technology" netizens care about is so "powerful", the account will be stolen after a scan?
According to WeChat, the security team will also implement some targeted protection measures based on users' abnormal login conditions.
Under normal circumstances, it is unlikely that the account will be stolen by simply scanning the QR code
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Image source: WeChat Security Center
Some analysts pointed out that the account hacking after scanning the code may induce the user to fill in the personal account and other information, or to jump to the link page with Trojan horse virus after scanning the code, and the account stolen after the Trojan horse program was installed.
As for how to prevent it?
According to the official WeChat official statement to a reporter from Chinanews.com, if the crook logs in on other devices, the user can directly kick the crook's device offline on his mobile phone.
In addition, WeChat stated that you must not trust others to give your mobile phone to "staff" to assist in the operation; once you find that someone else has logged in to your account, you must change your password first to ensure account security; finally, "I" "Settings" on the WeChat client "Accounts and Security" and "Login Device Management" delete devices that are not logged in by yourself.
Have you learned it all?
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