Hackers capitalised COVID-19 lockdown to spread false information using bogus apps, text messages, and social media invitations: study Wednesday, 30 June 2021 11:40 Hackers capitalised COVID-19 lockdown to spread false information using bogus apps, text messages, and social media invitations: study
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McAfee’s latest report, Mobile Threat Report 2021, highlights that hackers harnessed malwares to spread misinformation on vaccines and used it to obtain a user s personal and sensitive data.
Hidden apps were the most active mobile threats, and this approach was capitalised during the lockdown when time spent online and on devices surged, according to a study to a report by McAfee’s threat research team,
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