The saying that not all that glitters is gold, easily applied to malicious messages that arrive through the WhatsApp messaging network, with which cybercriminals remain looking for victims.
Any special date or an undetermined moment is the reason for criminals, who in most cases are detained in a jail, send messages announcing gifts or even money with a link, so that people access this believing that they were deserving of said ad and thus fall into its trap.
One of the most common modalities in WhatsApp is to send a message promising the participation of a raffle to win a pair of tennis shoes from a recognized world brand, in order to access the information of the mobile device and obtain personal data of the future victim.
This message is really a virus that circulates easily and begins to work on the computer on which it is opened, by clicking on a link sent by criminals.
Engineer Álex Pérez warned that This type of cyber attack is called ‘Phishing’, with which “thieves put programs that steal passwords and identify the most used applications or pages to run on cell phones or computers; to be lucky, they have access to bank accounts or shopping applications ”.
The other thing they can do through these applications is steal photos, This is where another crime is derived, called sexting or extortion with intimate photos.
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