According to mobile security firm Skycure, a new malware is putting half a billion Android devices at risk of being hacked. This new method deceives platform users making they are clicking on websites, for example, that appear to be real, but in reality can open loopholes in the phone for hackers to invade.
The methodology is simple and they usually show sites that really are reliable and do not appear to be overlapped by a malicious, which can easily fool a more layman user.
clickjacking , as it is called, allows a hacker to get information in text own system or installed applications. Thus, personal and work information, text messages, emails and personal work, application data, business apps data (such as CRM) and much more are at risk.
Once inside the alien system, hackers can change the system permissions and may even change the management of the devices, with the possibility of even remotely wipe the device.
65% of Android devices are still running Android 2.2 up to version 4.4, and all of these are vulnerable. If you own a device that has already been upgraded to Android 5.0 Lollipop or is already in the latest version, Marshmallow, this new hack is not a threat.
Skycure suggests these users that they update their ais the devices as possible and mentions that they should not click in separate dialog boxes, unless you really know where they came from. third-party app stores and suspicious applications requesting permission to “accessibility” should also be avoided.
To understand how clickjacking works, a video was created showing the free game Rick and Morty already invaded. Clicks made during the game enable a more sensitive layer of the system, and at the end of it you already gave all the attacker accessibility permissions.
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