There are several ways of fraud: for example, on behalf of the real contacts, the scammers are sending victims SMS messages with links, a transition which puts a smartphone the action of the virus. Thematically, these links are associated with the agenda – today it’s all about COVID-19, work remotely and economic crisis.
Also practiced the introduction, the card holder misled when it is called by swindlers under the guise of representatives of the Bank to lure him confidential information or to compel to perform money transfer – directly or indirectly, by the installation of “branded applications”, which steals the money.
There are apps that steal passwords and personal data can be uploaded even in a legitimate online shopping. First, hackers download a legitimate program that looks like a flashlight or solitaire, and then update adding viral contents.
in addition, scammers often create fake Wi-Fi network for public use. If the owner of the smartphone connected to this network and use it to visit the site, the attacker gains access to login and password of the victim on this site, as well as the opportunity to act on it on behalf of the owner of the smartphone. Experts warn that smartphones lesser-known companies can be pre-set AT the advertising.
“get on one of these hooks, you can get a huge plume of problems is to lose money, to deal with data leakage and personal information that can damage reputation. The main recommendation provided by the Center for digital examination of Roskoshestvo – do not focus your whole life in one device, or together with access to the device may “leak out” and all your secrets,” says Ilya Loev, Deputy head of Roskoshestvo.
Experts Roskoshestvo recommend to download on your smartphone only official app from the App Store – the Apple app store and Google Play store applications on the Android operating system. Should public Wi-Fi networks, especially unprotected with a password. It is highly recommended not to use public wifi to access the mobile Bank. Do not enter the card number anywhere except on the official and well-known Internet sites for shopping. Be sure to enter passwords, especially banking apps, manually, and do not leave them in the device memory: to steal passwords from the cache is much easier than you think.
