Key Takeaways
- Cybercriminals yog duplicating tiag smartphone daim ntawv thov thiab ntxig malware.
- Android cov neeg siv feem ntau muaj kev pheej hmoo los ntawm cov apps cuav.
- Txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj kom tsis txhob muaj cov apps cuav tsuas yog rub tawm cov ntawv thov los ntawm cov khw muag khoom pom zoo.
Lub app tom ntej uas koj rub tawm yuav zoo li raug cai tab sis yeej muaj cov lej tsis zoo uas tuaj yeem nyiag koj cov ntaub ntawv tus kheej.
Daim ntawv tshaj tawm tshiab pom tias cybercriminals tau luam tawm cov ntawv thov smartphone tiag tiag thiab ntxig rau malware. Cybersecurity firm Pradeo pom tias cov neeg nyiag nkas siv cov apps cuav sab nraum Google Play Store los ntawm ntau dua 700 lub vev xaib sab nraud nrog cov khw muag khoom thib peb. Nws yog ib feem ntawm kev lag luam loj hlob ntawm cov apps tiag tiag uas muaj cov lej tsis zoo.
"Nrov apps nrog ntau lab rub tawm-xws li Npau taws noog, piv txwv li-yog lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb rau cybercriminals," Ray Kelly, tus khub ntawm lub tuam txhab cybersecurity NTT Application Security hais rau Lifewire hauv kev xam phaj email. "Cov apps no yog daim ntawv luam ncaj qha lossis zoo ib yam li thawj qhov kev ua si los ntxias cov neeg siv kom rub nws thiab feem ntau pom hauv khw muag khoom app tsis raug cai thiab raug tso tawm yam tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv, ua rau tus neeg siv tsis txaus ntseeg."
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Daim ntawv tshaj tawm Pradeo ceeb toom tias cov neeg siv Android feem ntau pheej hmoo los ntawm cov apps cuav. Muaj ntau lub khw muag khoom tsis raug cai rau cov xov tooj Android vim tias tus qauv tsim ntawm Google Kev Ua Haujlwm txhais tau tias nws yooj yim dua rub tawm cov apps los ntawm sab nraud ntawm Google Play Store.
Cov kws tshawb fawb tau hais tias lawv tau txheeb xyuas ntau cov ntawv luam ntawm cov ntawv thov raug cai, suav nrog Spotify, ExpressVPN, Avira Antivirus, thiab Tus Saib Xyuas. Cov neeg tsim app thov cov software dawb, tab sis qhov tseeb, lawv kis cov khoom siv mobile nrog malware, spyware, thiab adware.
Code vulnerabilities thiab tsis muaj kev ruaj ntseg zoo ua rau nws yooj yim rau hackers luam thiab txhaj cov code rau hauv daim ntawv thov mobile.
Hauv ib qho piv txwv, tus kws tshawb fawb tau tshaj tawm pom ntau pua qhov hloov pauv ntawm thawj daim ntawv thov Netflix online. Ntau tshaj li qhov tsuas yog ua tus neeg lub tuam txhab lub npe thiab lub logo, qhov cuam tshuam ntawm cov fake Netflix apps zoo li yuav luag zoo ib yam li qub versions ntawm thawj. Cov apps cuav tau raug txhaj nrog malware, spyware, lossis adware.
"Code vulnerabilities thiab tsis muaj kev ruaj ntseg zoo ua rau nws yooj yim rau cov neeg nyiag nkas luam thiab txhaj cov lej rau hauv cov ntawv thov mobile," daim ntawv tshaj tawm cov kws sau ntawv sau."Los ntawm kev ua tus neeg paub zoo, cov apps cuav dag cov neeg siv nyiag lawv cov ntaub ntawv ntiag tug thiab ua ntau yam kev dag ntxias."
Cov neeg siv uas sim ua kom tsis txhob muaj qhov yuav tsum tau ua feem ntau yog cov uas xaus nrog lub app cuav. Cov neeg siv Android yuav pom tias lawv lub xov tooj qub dhau los lossis tsis muaj kev txhawb nqa los ntawm Google Play Store, yog li lawv mus rau ib qho ntawm cov chaw thib peb los rub tawm daim ntawv thov lawv tab tom nrhiav.
"Txawm tias cov tib neeg xav tias lawv tau txais daim ntawv theej raug cai ntawm ib qho app, qee zaus, cov clones no tsis raug soj ntsuam los ntawm ib lub koom haum kev ruaj ntseg thiab, qhov tseeb, siv los nyiag tus ID nkag mus thiab kev tso nyiaj pov thawj los ntawm cov neeg ua phem, "T. Frank Downs, tus thawj coj loj ntawm cov kev pabcuam cuam tshuam ntawm cybersecurity tuam txhab BlueVoyant hais rau Lifewire hauv kev xam phaj email. "Yog li ntawd, cov neeg siv niaj hnub tuaj yeem xav tias lawv tab tom siv lub txhab nyiaj app, lossis kev yuav khoom app, tab sis qhov tseeb yog muab cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb rau cov neeg ua phem hauv cybercriminals."
Ib txoj hauv kev uas cov apps cuav tshaj tawm yog los ntawm cov kws dag ntxias noj tawm kev tshaj tawm ntawm cov vev xaib social media, ua lag luam raug cai, Downs tau hais. Txawm li cas los xij, thaum cov neeg siv nyem qhov kev tshaj tawm, lawv raug coj mus rau lub vev xaib cuav kom rub tawm cov ntaub ntawv APK. Qee lub sij hawm, cov neeg tawm tsam tseem yuav ncav cuag los ntawm kev xa xov, xws li WhatsApp, thiab pab cov neeg raug tsim txom txhim kho tus lej phem.
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Txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws kom tsis txhob muaj cov apps cuav tsuas yog rub tawm cov ntawv thov los ntawm cov khw muag khoom pom zoo, xws li Google Play Store thiab Apple App Store. Koj yuav tsum tsis txhob rub cov ntawv thov los ntawm tib neeg lossis cov koom haum uas koj tsis paub, Downs hais.
Txawm li cas los xij, qee zaum cov ntawv thov tsis zoo tuaj yeem hla lub khw app khw 'kev kuaj xyuas kev nyab xeeb, Michael Covington, tus lwm thawj ntawm cov tswv yim lag luam ntawm lub tuam txhab cybersecurity Jamf tau sau tseg hauv kev xam phaj email.
"Cov neeg siv yuav tsum saib ze ze ntawm cov ntawv thov teev npe ntawm cov khw muag khoom app rau cov lus qhia tseem ceeb," Covington tau hais. "Puas yog lub app icon zoo? Nws yuav tsum phim lub tuam txhab lag luam npe. Puas yog cov ntaub ntawv tsim tawm zoo?"
Siv sijhawm los saib lub app lub tuam txhab lub vev xaib, Covington tau hais. Ceev faj yog tias tus neeg siv tshuaj xyuas zoo li cuav lossis lawv tsis zoo. Koj yuav tsum nyeem los ntawm cov kev tshuaj xyuas tsis ntev los no, nrog rau cov uas tsis zoo, kom paub koj tus kheej nrog lwm tus tau hais.
"Tsis txhob cia siab rau qhov kev tshuaj xyuas nrov tshaj plaws uas tau tshwm sim vim tias tuaj yeem cuam tshuam nrog," Covington ntxiv. "Cov no yog tag nrho cov cim zoo uas app tsis yog qhov tseeb."
