There’s the new Android Scam Doing the Rounds But A Simple Settings Check Will Stop You From Becoming Its Next Victim.
Android uses Need to Watch Out for a Scary New Scam That Could See Their Bank Accounts Raeded and Money Stolen. The latest alert has been issed after securty experts at cleafy spotted a worrying trend that uses a bug Called supercard x to try and steal cash from unsuspecting users.
This new attaches is more complicated than, but those who are foled couled see their Accounts drained with saying anything is Wrong.
Acciting to CleafyThe Threat Begins Via a Simple Text Message which is sent out to Android Phones. The Note, which appears to have come from the USSER’S BANK, explains that there has ben some suspicious activity on their Account. A number is involved with the recipient of the text, then urged to call for help with delay.
Once dialled, scammers then the Phone and Attempt to Trick the User Into Handing Over Account Details and Pin Numbers. If that wasn’t Bad Enough, they are also told to download a new “Called Reader) and THEN TAP THEIR BANK CARD ON THEIR PHONE THAT THINGS ARE WORKING.
Sadly, the Application isn’t Going to Stop any Banking Threats and Actually Contains the Harmful Supercard X BUG, WHICH THEN DATA FROM THE DEBIT CARD TO THE SCAMMER’S PHONE.
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Once Completed, hackers say have everything they need to pay for goods using the Victim’s Card. During the Call, they Try and Get the User to Turn off any spending limits, which means more Money can be worn.
“The Cleafy Threat Intelligence Team Has Identified A New and Sophisticated Android Malware Campaign, Dubbed ‘Supercard X’,” Cleafy Explained.
“This Campaign Employs a Novel NFC-Relay Technique, Enabling Threat Actors to Fraudulently Authorise Point-of-Sale Payments and Automated Telller Machine (ATM) with intercept and relays nfc communications. Through Social Engineering Tactics, Deceiving Victims Into Instaling the Malicious Application and Subsequently “Tapping” Their Payment on their infected Phones. “
IT”S UNCLEAR HOW MANY People have been target so far but reports suggest the majority of attaches are Currently located in Italy. Although the UK Appears Unaffected for Now, Its Always Good To Know About These Types of Attacks and to Stay Alert.
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Now is also a good time to check your Android Phone and Make Google’s Play Protect Setting is tourned on as this should bloc any Dangeerous apps from installed. Google is Also Keen to Point Out that no apps on its play Store have yet to infected with the supercard x bug.
Expalining More About This Service, Google Said: “Based on Our Current Detection, No Apps Containing This Malware Are Found on Google Play. Android users automatically protected by Google Play Protect, which is on by default on android devices with google Play services. Malicious Behavior, tanny those apps come from sources Outside of Play. “
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