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Russians warned about the virus in Telegram
The Office for the Organization of the Illegal use of Information and Communication Technologies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs warned Russians that messengers of Telegram began to send messages with files infected with Mamont Trojan virus. It is reported by RBC.
“Most often, attackers send files, accompanying them with the question:“ Are you on the video? ”, The word“ video ”in different variations is used in the file name,” the police said.
RBC writes that scammers send the messenger users with the .APK extension files. When it is opened, a program infected with Trojan is downloaded to the device. The virus is able to read Push notifications and SMS messages, as well as view the photo gallery and automatically send infected files to other human contacts in the messenger.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs argues that with the help of the virus, scammers want to access payment services. “However, personal data and any information from the smartphone can also be used for unlawful purposes,” the police added.
In early November last year, the Kaspersky Laboratory warned of the spread of viruses through telegram channels about finance and trading. Then it was reported about archives attached to posts with files with extensions of the .LNK, .com and .cmd type. If users of the messenger opened these files, the Darkme virus was downloaded to them, capable of stealing data.
Earlier it became known that fraudsters came up with another scheme for theft of accounts in Telegram. They contacted users allegedly on behalf of the support service and reported that they allegedly want to delete an account in the messenger, and in order to avoid this, it is necessary to name the code from SMS messages.
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