News This is what the 7 new WhatsApp functions are like
The
cyber criminals
never rest and are able to go according to the new technologies emerging, contriving new methods to cheat and gain other people 's
money.
For years the
phishing
is the star strategy for these hackers and ways to contact the user will try to
catch him off guard by
varying.
According to the
Office of the Internet User (OSI)
, which is part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation of the Government of Spain and the National Institute of Cybersecurity, the latest
scam through WhatsApp
that is being registered is a
hacking attempt
that is being giving
frequently in Spain
. This is an attempt to fraudulently access
the victim's
account
.
The method is quite simple.
Cyber scammers send an email posing as a Facebook-owned messaging application with the subject: '
Backup WhatsApp messages
* 913071605 No. (xxxxx)'.
In this way they make the victim believe that the content of the message is the app's chat history.
In the mail
a link to download the conversations allegedly appears
from
, however, what the user is downloaded is an attachment with a virus Trojans.
The problem is that when using the backup copy as a hook, the chances that the victim will download the file are high.
Despite the fact that the rest of the mail is written with various misspellings.
The OSI points out that the domain of the sender's address does not belong to
, although there could be other cases in which they pretend to belong to the company itself, or to
directly, since this field is easy to falsify.
The Trojan that comes as an attachment is an auto-executable that once downloaded to the terminal, tracks and steals sensitive information such as passwords and bank credentials from the victim.
Something very dangerous since it could impersonate the victim and access their bank account
to steal money or use the credentials to subscribe to different payment platforms.
How to protect yourself
The best advice is that you
never download files to your mobile phone from emails
, even if they are from contacts you know since their accounts may have been hacked or could be posing as them. A very useful recommendation especially for
Android
users
, since it is easier to install third-party applications on terminals with this operating system.
Another way to be protected from this kind of scams is
to always have the
terminal's
operating system updated
, in addition to the rest of the applications you have installed.
Likewise, avoid also downloading files from the
app itself
, since there have also been cases in which cyber scammers have impersonated a contact of the victim, such as a family member and co-worker, passing an attachment containing a malware designed to steal all kinds of information from the terminal.
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