This type of news, although it is certainly not positive, serves to remind us that we are still vulnerable, and that any security measure that we can incorporate into our daily use of technologies is little, but necessary. Our favorite mobile operating system continues to be a target of interest for hackers and the latest attack on Android system security consists of a malware that is responsible for forwarding incoming SMS, directly to hackers.
El new malware which is responsible for forwarding incoming text messages from our terminal to the phone number set by the hackers themselves who have designed the intruder software, arrives at our terminals disguised in the old-fashioned way of the classic Trojan horse, or as we used to say, as a Trojan. In this case, the Trojan removes the horse disguise to dress up with a Security Certificate that the user must install by his own hand. With which we assume that the first rule to be clean of these malware is not to install applications that we do not know.
This malware, which is called android.Pincer.origin, once installed on the computer, it initiates communication with a remote server to which it will send the data from our device; IMEI, serial number, model, operating system version; All of them data necessary to proceed with the theft of private information through text messages.
These are the commands that the malware works with:
- start_sms_forwarding [number] - forward sms from a specific phone number
- stop_sms_forwarding - Stop capturing sms.
- send_sms [number and text] - Send an sms
- simple_execute_ussd - Send a USSD message
- stop_message - Show a message on the screen
- set_urls - Change server parameters
- set_sms_number - Sets the numbers to ping.
- ping - Send a ping message
El malware is located in alternative app stores to Google Play, or as they are often called, in illegal Android stores. So friends, if you are users of these stores whose applications have completely unknown origins, it is best to go to the Play Store to breathe easy, because the damage that our entire inbox is forwarded to strangers who are also professionals of The manipulation of information can be very harmful, and is that in addition to all the private information that we send, we will have to pay the bill for all the SMS that have been forwarded.
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