More and more mobile devices whose operating system is Android, we already count them by billions and this is extremely attractive for lovers of other people's things. Obviously, given the number of users, it is very likely that a good number of these will not take the necessary measures. En Actualidad Gadget We have started a study to analyze and try to prevent the most susceptible, our elders, from falling for these scams (LINK).
Continuing with the matter to be discussed, andhe Telematic Crimes Group of the Civil Guard intervened against a network of connected companies that had defrauded millions of users through fraudulent applications downloaded on Android mobile devices.
In order to gain the necessary powers, they hid among their Android applications (.APK) user consents, known as permits on Android, and that enabled it to subscribe to Premium SMS systems, which began to indiscriminately send a series of messages that have a significant cost and that have caused real breakdowns in the mobile phone bills of thousands of users. The result has been around thirty million euros in fraudulent income.
It is easy to avoid these types of scams if we are attentive to the permits and downloading applications only from the official operating system stores, in this case Google Play Store. Downloading applications directly from the internet can save a few cents but a significant damage to our bank account when this type of thing happens. The problem is that many users not only do not pay attention to the permissions they grant to applications, but they are unable to understand the risk that these permissions carry. Android scams through Premium SMS are increasingly common on Android, so we must take basic security measures and prevent the Civil Guard from having to intervene as in Operation Rikati.