News from the world today – including data theft … a serious threat to Android phone owners

World News Today – Friday March 19, 2021 Source in community agencies

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A fake website has appeared offering to download a version of the popular Clubhouse app on Android smartphones.

As reported in the ESET blog, the fake site looks like the real site, but is included at joinclubhouse.mobi.

According to the website of the Russian newspaper “Roskaya Gazeta”, clicking on the logo of the store “Google Play” (with the signature on the word “Get it”
In Google Play) to immediately download the malicious APK file.

Once you enter the system, the Trojan application called “BlackRock” starts to work in conjunction with other applications including “Twitter”, “WhatsApp”, “Facebook” and others.

Instead of the original app window, the user will see a fake window (with a suggestion to enter a username, password, or other personal information). In this way, the data is stolen and transferred to hackers.

In total, BlackRock can steal login information from over 450 different online services. The Trojan can also intercept SMS messages to bypass two-factor authentication.