As it is the most used instant messaging application in the world with more than five billion downloads and 12 years in operation, there is still the possibility of impersonation or unauthorized access to private accounts.
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With the rise of digital platforms to communicate today and their constant increase due to the current pandemic, the risk of falling into scams or cyberattacks changes at the same rate.
Despite end-to-end encryption in conversations, photos, videos, and voice messages that are sent by each person to their family, friends, and contacts, account theft is still possible.
However, the method to hack WhatsApp is not available to everyone, but it is important to know how to avoid it and the computer security tips for its users.
The first of these is found in tools such as WhatsApp Web to identify the equipment used or activated from the mobile extension to computers, which can be deactivated once they are no longer used and those that are not recognized by the user.
Since it could be used by third parties to access the list of contacts, conversations and personal data that facilitate access to bank accounts and other applications.
On the other hand, the founder of Revo Mx points out that care must be taken in the messages sent by other contacts when having links phishing that have a link to the Internet to obtain confidential information.
“Although basically all these types of fraud are reduced to sending a link or Internet link with the intention of obtaining confidential information, such as account number, passwords, full name, telephone, home address, office address, etc”, said Óscar from the cross
In addition to reporting that scammers are quite creative when sending false links, in which some will say that you won a prize, your bank staff to report that the card was cloned and even to offer free subscriptions on entertainment platforms.
“Spotify Premium or Netflix, to mention a few, in short, accounts in all of them will request personal and banking information in order to empty your accounts,” he clarified.
On the other hand, it should be noted that this fraud can be carried out not only by WhatsApp, as it is also practiced through text messages to the SMS cell phone, by phone calls and even by email.
Beware of malware
As they are malicious programs that are integrated into devices incognito, they allow access to virtual criminals remote access to cell phones and personal data, as well as passwords.
From what the specialists recommend, the analyzes of the operating system and updates to restrict access to any malware, as well as uninstalling applications that are considered dangerous for the device.
“Another way to obtain information from your devices is to download a file such as videos, images or music, either through emails or instant messages, at the time of downloading it is likely that you will download a malware O spywareThese are viruses that will serve to monitor the activity of your computer from a remote point, ”explained Óscar de la Cruz.
Likewise, the Cybernetic Unit of the Ministry of Public Security warns about the theft of accounts in the State, by the mode of recovery codes via SMS, which are sent by unknown contacts who request a recovery key that is sent by mistake to another person.
However, it is a modus operandi for scammers to gain access to other people’s accounts and thus obtain personal data, which is why it is exhorted not to respond to these types of messages and even block the contact who requests it.
And activate the two-step verification, with which a system is implemented that is disabled by default in the application, which allows you to register an access code to continue on WhatsApp, which prevents access to third parties.
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It should be noted that Ciber Sonora has registered 1,241 visits so far in 2021, mostly due to scams carried out through the Facebook platform.
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