Expert talks about tracking people via smartphone

Cybersecurity expert Alexei Rayevsky has explained how scammers spy on smartphone users.

In a conversation with aif.ru on Tuesday, February 4, he explained that spyware (software) is difficult to detect in a phone because it is most often disguised as an application. These can be games, financial, stock exchange applications.

In this regard, Rajewski urged to install apps only from trusted sources and keep track of what functionality they want access to, because it is only requested once during installation.

"There could be a catch lurking there, which could cause the app to spy on you later," Rajewski emphasized.

He pointed out that it is quite difficult to determine that a particular app is spying on you, there are practically no such ways. Therefore, it is important to observe digital hygiene and try to use a minimum of applications, and unused delete.

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Malware steals Android smartphone data

On February 3, Life.ru wrote that scammers have invented a new scheme by which they take over the personal data of recipients. People receive wedding invitations from strangers, but opening the file, the recipients give the attackers access to the functionality of the phone and confidential information.

On January 30, it was reported that the Mamont virus is spreading in Telegram, which reads SMS messages, push notifications, as well as photos from the gallery to gain access to payment systems. The danger of this virus is that it can independently manage SMS banking and steal user's personal data.

January 22 in the center of digital expertise Roskachevo said that fraudsters who deceive iPhone owners take advantage of the fact that on the iOS operating system now there are no official mobile applications of popular banks, reports NSN. They create fakes. Android users can fall for the tricks of attackers because of their inattention. Fake apps, according to experts, have few reviews and almost all negative, writes RT. In addition, the name of a fake bank mobile application may contain mistakes or unnecessary words, 360.ru reports.