Cybercrime, WhatsApp users under attack via fake “friendly” SMS
The lure is the message the companies send when they want to transfer their account on a new phone. The least risk is losing the entire account.
Cybersecurity, SMS and voice Multi-Factor Authentication pose great risks
Microsoft: These mechanisms, based on PSTN, are the least secure of the MFA methods today. That gap will only widen as adoption increases cybercrime’ interest.
Cybercrime, Gustuff Android banking trojan is back with new features
Cisco Talos cyber security experts: The malware still attacks Australia and spreads via SMS. But latest version no longer has hardcoded package names and added a “poor man scripting engine”.
BRATA RAT is spying Brazil’s mobile users since January 2019
Kaspersky cyber security experts: The cybercrime malware spreads via WhatsApp and SMS messages, or a fake WhatsApp update in Android App stores.
Cybercrime spreads a new mobile ransomware: Android / Filecoder.C
ESET's cyber security experts: Malware, in addition to data encryption, uses the victim's contact list to send SMS with malicious links. The attack, however, can be easily detected.
Cybercrime exploits Fake Google reCAPTCHA to spread Banking Malware
Sucuri cyber security experts: To lure the victims are used 2 well known social engineering techniques: impersonification and panic/bait with phishing emails.