There is a new fraud that makes wheels on WhatsApp and other platforms to send messages – and catches people outside the guard using something as simple as a blurry photo. It is called “Fraud with photographs”, it is a prey about your curiosity and compassion, News18.
Here’s how fraud works
The publication stated that users receive a message from an unknown number, along with a grain picture and a line like, “Is he your brother?” or “This person has been seen in your neighborhood – do you know them?” At first glance, it seems that someone really asks for help. But this is where the danger lies.
If users are downloading a photo, they could unknowingly install a malicious file APK-DRUS application of a third party that is not from the Play Store. Once it is on their phone, it can quietly provide cyber criminal access to everything – from banking applications and UPI to SMS inbox. They can see OTP, transfer money, shop online using your data and worse. Users may not even realize it until it is too late.
It’s not the first time that something like this happened. Last year, fraudsters sent fake wedding invitations charged with similar APK sets. Now they use emotional hooks to get people to drop their guard.
How can you stay safe?
– Install only apps from trusted sources like Google Play Store
– Don’t open suspicious photos or messages from unknown contacts
– Check your applications regularly what permissions have
– Enable Facial or Finger Fingerprints in your bank applications
Bottom line? Stay sharp. If something feels, probably is. One blurry photo should not cost you your life savings. So think before you tap, and spread the word.
In another story, an Indian team for emergency situations (CERT-IN), which falls under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Indian Government, a highly serious warning regarding the newly discovered vulnerability of spoofing on the Windows area, has published an Indian team, which falls under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Identified as the Civn-2025-0075, the defect affects the versions of applications earlier than 2,2450,6.
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