Circle false application Blackberry Messenger - Informador.com.mx

name=”HOTWordsTxt”> MEXICO CITY (01/SEP/2013.) – Users of Android and iOS devices in Latin America are in danger due to an application false and malicious BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), warned cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab

The company announced that BlackBerry users near future operating systems from Google and Apple may have the BBM. This information is exploited by cybercriminals, who created a tool that simulates the communication application of the Canadian company.

“Cybercriminals profit, stealing money from the victims directly from your available balance or through network traffic. latter is precisely the way it operates the BBM fake application, “said Dmitry Bestuzhev, director of Research and Analysis Team at Kaspersky Lab for Latin America.

According to the report of the company safety, the victim, to install the application on your device, you must accept the “terms and conditions” in which the application referred to Airpush, which comes along with the BBM false, the device can collect “certain data, including Android ID, IP address and the list of all applications installed on your computer “. With Airpush can be received automatically from the Internet on your device and interact with your geolocation.

So far only been detected that this application was on the hunt for English-speaking users, that in seeking the BBM apps in stores, fell into the trap. However, recently analyzed an application specialists available in Latin America and found that indeed it was a fake version, the developer does not have anything to do with the company BlackBerry.

According Bestuzhev, application, already was discharged on Google Play, recorded a number of victims exceeded 300 different ID s in a few hours. This could be an even bigger number in number of Android devices.

Learn how social engineering to not be a victim of this. In particular, in the case of BBM fake application, one should check who is the developer, which is the date of entry to the market application of Google Play and also what the official says BlackBerry on the launch of BBM.

Use an Anti-Virus is key to protect against attacks that can not be identified as malicious, especially when the download has already been done.

When installing any application on your phone , review the permissions that this is requiring. Where many or suspects, simply cancel the installation.