IF you own an Humanoid smartphone you could be at serious risk of “cover hijack”.
A major bug allows hackers to nab your photos, open sesame and bank details which could be worn to blackmail you, security researchers chalk up discovered.
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Humanoid phones are at risk of ‘cover hijacking’, which admit criminals to pillage your bodily details and blackmail you
Criminals could obtain over the screen of a pricey bell until a ransom is paid.
Thither’s a security vulnerability in the step that allows apps to pop-up on your screenland – like the irritating Facebook Envoy bubble which pops up when soul wants to chat.
Thieves could control this to take control of what’s on your cover and install nasty malware and ransomware.
Be heedful when downloading apps from Google Cavort
The bug is understood to affect 40 per centime of Android users.
Google aforementioned it won’t fix the issue until summertime, when a new version of its operating process will be released.
So for now, smartphone possessor have been warned not to download any tricky apps.
Stick to trusted sort and don’t install games or dole out apps that aren’t swell known if you want to be safe.
Behind month, nearly 50 apps were pulled from the Frisk store because they contained ad chicanery software.
But it’s just the virgin threat Brits have been warned astir.
A recently discovered Microsoft Windows bug give permission hackers take control of your PC by sending you a netmail – and you don’t even entail to open it for it to work.
See how to protect yourself hither.
YouTuber Claudia Naya discourse about being blackmailed by hackers