Is this “frightening” threat hiding on your phone?
Security researchers have just issued a stark warning for hundreds of millions of Android users, as a “frightening” new spyware threat has been discovered hiding on phones. They describe this as a “special case” and urge users to take action now., which has “discovered a new malware campaign targeting Android users.” These “spy” apps target smartphones “through messengers” by pretending to be an antivirus or banking security tools.
The attackers, Kaspersky says, are preying on the “fear” of smartphone security threats that means “many folks are ready to install any app that promises reliable protection from malware and scammers.” Ironically, this solution is actually the problem.When you install one of these apps, “the fake antivirus imitates the work of a genuine one — scanning the device, and even giving a frightening number of ‘threats found’.
Critically, LumaSpy can be tasked to steal passwords stored in browsers, including Google Chrome. That’s why I have warned users toLumaSpy will come at you via messages. “Never download APK files from messengers,” Kaspersky says, “even if they were sent to you by close friends.
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