A new virus is roaming the
internet, specifically targeting Android users. The malware, known as OwnMe, enters
your phone secretly through downloaded apps.
As soon as the virus enters your
phone, it starts stealing an individual’s personal data. Fortunately, an antivirus
company has found out about OwnMe, and has said that it affects WhatsApp the
most.
According to the company, OwnMe
steals an individual’s personal chat, shared images and videos from WhatsApp. It
also reveals your call history, messaging history, and your internet browsing
history. Using the individual’s broadband speed, the virus sends all this data
to a parent server.
Cyber experts say that the
identity of OwnMe is very difficult, so it is important that no unnecessary
sources go away from downloading unnoticed websites.
Recently, a method of
cyberattacks called "cryptojacking" by security experts hit the
internet.
It "consists of entrapping
an internet server, a personal computer or a smartphone to install malware to
mine cryptocurrencies," said Gerome Billois, an expert at the IT service
management company Wavestone. Mining is basically the process of helping verify
and process transactions in a given virtual currency. In exchange miners are
now and then rewarded with some of the currency themselves.
Legitimate mining operations link
thousands of processors together to increase the computing power available to
earn cryptocurrencies.
Mining bitcoin, ethereum, monero
and other cryptocurrencies may be very profitable, but it does require
considerable investments and generates huge electricity bills. But hackers have
found a cheaper option: surreptitiously exploiting the processors in
smartphones.
To lure victims, hackers turn to
the digital world's equivalent of the Trojan horse subterfuge of Greek
mythology: inside an innocuous-looking app or programme hides a malicious one.
Source: Tech Blog
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