Internet criminals take advantage of Smishing textual attacks to spread their malicious attacks

The return of malicious SMS attacks to target users again

SMS text messages were still one of the most common methods of communication for smart phone users, and as they continued to rely on, Internet criminals launched many campaigns targeting users through these messages, the most prominent of which was the Roaming Mantis campaign, which targeted many users in separate areas of the world, The criminals worked to expand the campaign, which expanded the scope of injuries via short -tissue text messages that direct users to malignant content in order to steal the money of the victims, where the affected device sends the snacks, which are called Smishing, to the next group of goals, such as those in the list of contacts.The researchers discovered this software for the first time in 2018, when the smartphones operating only targeted Android, and the campaign soon developed after that, since 2018, the gang has used various attack methods such as postage messages, mining, short -wing text messages and DNS penetration..SMS text messages usually have a very short description and URL for a broken page.If the user clicks on the link and opening the page, one of the two scenarios followed in the Roaming Mantis campaign in the first scenario..As for the second scenario, the Android device is suffered a malicious software.The gang begins sending more Smishing messages to new goals through the affected device, from the list of user contacts and phone numbers being created.The recipient of text messages does not show great keenness to avoid threats, as it is a personal -character communication channel, as users do not usually expect to receive malicious messages from people who know them.The criminals finally worked on a new modification of the orders received via the back port of the attack, compared to previous releases.The developer added orders to steal images from the affected devices, but he did not find information about the methods of using stolen images, but the Internet criminals are mostly what they use personal photos to get money by blackmailing their victims.The researchers note that this type of attack has developed a lot over the past five years, and that those responsible for it have invented new ways of attack, and have been keen to expand in the targeted countries, and Kaspersky experts expect that these attacks will continue in 2022 out of the strong desire to get money, Especially with the appearance of the advantages of the new rear port that allows the gang behind it to obtain pictures of the victims.To protect users for themselves from these attacks, they should not enter the suspicious URL addresses sent in SMS messages, even if the message appears to be irreversible, the URL domain name must be checked before reaching it, even if a text message or email from one of the close people arrives,Care must be taken, because it is possible that their accounts have been hacked, avoid installing applications from unreliable sources, and ensuring that a reliable security solution and follow its recommendations.

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