Cybercriminals steal your app account
WhatsApp He has done his thing again. Well, in reality it has been cybercriminals who have once again used the application to try to access the most personal data of their victims. In this scam technique, furthermore, the hackers have posed as the “Ministry of Health.”
The pretext or excuse for the dissemination of the messages has been nothing less than covid-19. The letter in question is the following: «BEWARE, they just called me from the Ministry of Health for supposedly the third booster dose. They had all my information: email, address, telephone, etc.
“After They ask me to give them a code that they sent me by SMS (to hack my phone). I tell them I’m not going to give it to them and they hang up. That’s how they hack. So you can notify all your family, friends, etc. “Be alert,” the message concludes.
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This is a chain that they send from chat to chat warning of this scam campaign and that since Maldita.es They have tried to reveal to clarify a little what happened. The media contacted the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE)from where they assured them that they had received calls from users whom they supposedly called from Social Security.
What does this WhatsApp scam consist of?
These complainants claim that they are shown a verification code via WhatsApp to be able to make an appointment and thus receive the fourth vaccine or booster dose with the coronavirus. In fact, from the Internet User Security Office (OSI) already warned about this scam two years ago.
But what do they intend to achieve with this scam? As the experts explain, through this verification code that is supposedly used to request an appointment, it is actually a code to access your profile from another device and, in this way, they steal your account.
If you have been one of the victims of this cybercrime, OSI recommends users contact the application administrators to try to regain control of the profile.
They also warn that if they manage to hijack your account they will be able to have access to all your contacts, talk to them and thus try the same move. Thus, to avoid falling for this scam or any of this type, they recommend:
Do not share broadcast code: Contrast the information with official entities or by calling your health center.
Activate two-step verification: with it you prevent them from being able to configure your account.
2023-09-22 11:14:52
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