Hyderabad: In yet another new modus operandi, fraudsters have begun to dupe gullible people in the name of Central government schemes such as PM Kisan and PM Yojana. Cybersecurity Bureau officials cautioned citizens to keep an eye on suspicious apps on ones mobile phones, and uninstall them immediately. The TCSB director asked people to uninstall all suspicious applications from one’s …
[email protected] Cops on alert as cyber criminals evolve newer ways to dupe people Cyber fraudsters have changed their modus operandi after bank customers became aware of usual methods of fraud used by them and even stopped sharing OTP. Cyber cell officials have urged people during recent awareness drive to stop downloading APK files as they had earlier stopped sharing OTPs. …
A new cybercrime operation named “SecuriDropper” was found using a method that bypasses the “Restricted Settings” feature in Android devices to install malware and obtain access to Accessibility Services. The method used by cybercriminals is still present in Android 14 and uses session-based installation API for the malicious APK files, which installs them in multiple steps, involving a “base” package …
Online bank scams are not new and have been reported in the past few years. In an ongoing scam, scammers are taking advantage of the ongoing Income Tax Return completion process and are targeting Indian account holders through tax-time smishing campaigns. While fake bank SMS scams have happened before, it is important to be cautious this time as people may …
