Be careful!An SMS infects thousands of mobiles with a dangerous virus

Flubot continues to develop on Android: it has already been seen in Spain, Germany, Poland, Hungary, the United Kingdom or even in Japan.

If last week we had already warned that Grifthobers had made several million victims, today we must again dust the megaphone to alert a new threat to Android mobiles in the world.

On this occasion, we refer to Flubot, a dangerous Android Trojan Horse propagating via text messages in order to install malicious applications on our mobile, which work as a bridge for various phishing.

"Flubot", the Android Trojan horse that spreads like the flu

"Flubot" is developing on mobile phones around the world thanks to an SMS

It all starts with a message.According to New Zealand authorities, the victim receives an SMS with a link inviting him to install an application or an update of security.This message can contain all kinds of texts to perpetuate the deception: a package that does not come to the deactivation of an supposed SMS service.

Once the victim has clicked on the link and installed the malicious application in turn, they will start bombing the user of notifications concerning a supposed virus that infected the phone.This is where the deception begins to become a little more sophisticated, since the malicious application claims that this virus, that it calls "Flubot", is a dangerous spy software for which there is only one remedy: Install a supposed security update.

Of course, this supposed security update will not eliminate "Flubot" (remember that it does not exist as such) of our device, but will open the doors to phishing of all kinds, finally reaching our bank details.As if that were not enough, this Trojan horse has the capacity to access our contact list in order to extend even more.

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In case you ask yourself the question, the essential is not so much to have an antivirus on Android but to know where to click and what you download on your mobile.In this case, the recommendation is unanimous: be very careful with the SMS you receive.Keep in mind that this Trojan horse has spread in half of Europe and even in Australia and Japan.

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If you receive a suspicious message, do not click on any of the attached links.If you have clicked on the link and you have installed the appropriate application, it is best to reset the mobile phone from the factory, then modify the passwords of these more sensitive accounts.

Associated subjects: Android, mobile