Android is once again at the center of a very serious alert that targets millions of people around the world, and this is because, apparently, we are talking about a new dangerous attack in progress. More precisely, a malware known as FluBot is used to infect phones with the Android operating system, and in Europe it is already being used to attack at least UK users, as you can see below.
Android is vulnerable to this FluBot that can be used by hackers to infiltrate people's phones and spy on them, taking all kinds of important information from them after infection. According to those who discovered FluBot, it seems that it is distributed at least through fake applications of courier companies, after installing them in Android phones the infection is done automatically, and from then on the monitoring begins.
Android: Very Serious Alert for Millions of Phones
Android is targeted by this malware attack because phones can be infected much more easily than those with iOS, and because control over people's data can be obtained very quickly. The distribution of the malware is currently done via SMS, meaning people receive messages like the one below, and are advised to download a certain app to track the delivery of a package, but actually install the FluBot malware on their phones without knowing it .
⚠️SCAM TEXT ALERT ⚠️
If you receive a text message that looks like the one below:
IGNORE: Do not click any links.
REPORT: Report it by forwarding to 7726.
DELETE: Remove the text from your phone. pic.twitter.com/ailKcmXYh4
— Vodafone UK (@VodafoneUK) April 22, 2021
Android has security measures implemented for certain types of malware, but not all of them can be prevented from infecting people's phones, so we have to protect ourselves from many. Google has tried over time to help people understand how they can be affected by the malware that is distributed on the Internet, and how they can be aware of a possible attack before they become victims. of him.
Android will continue to be the target of hackers because it is such an operating system used globally, so we will definitely see other similar attacks carried out.
