Posts Tagged ‘phone call’

‘Callback’ Phishing Campaign Impersonates Security Firms

Jul

2022

A new callback phishing campaign is impersonating prominent security companies to try to trick potential victims into making a phone call that will instruct them to download malware. Researchers at CrowdStrike Intelligence discovered the campaign because CrowdStrike is actually one of the companies, among other security firms, being impersonated, they said in a recent blog […]

Japanese One-Click Scammers Abuse Mobile Traffic Exchange Service

Aug

2013

McAfee has been monitoring and reporting extensively on one-click-fraud malware for Android in Japan this year. These attacks, primarily on Google Play, have become more active recently. We have found about 400 fraudulent apps in July alone. We consistently report these issues to Google, which promptly revokes the apps, but the scammers never stop uploading […]

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Adult Voice-Service Apps on Google Play Japan Charge Users Without Notice

Jul

2013

McAfee has reported on increasing fraudulent Android applications on Google Play in Japan this year, including one-click fraud applications and fraudulent adult dating service applications. The attackers are still looking for new victims using various techniques.We have also found a new variant of the one-click fraud application that lures careless users into adult voice-connection services […]

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