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Until grandma gets a call from a nice gentleman at “Google tech support” who walks her through the process.
by ralph84 3y ago
Until grandma gets a call from a nice gentleman at “Google tech support” who walks her through the process.
- cogman10 3y agoOr a nice popup informing her that her phone is infected with 1 billion viruses and she needs AV software right this minute.
- wesapien 3y agoIf they take the bait, them warning signs are useless. You're giving a novice a choice between removing the viruses on their phone and the dangers of installing third party software. Do you think the prey will be like: wait a minute, I see what this malware is doing? Ha! lmao
- scarface_74 3y agoiOS also has the ability to trick users into downloading virus protectors. But they really can’t do much harm
- twism 3y agothat's because you are downloading from the apple app store ... try jailbreaking your iPhone and keep installing random things from cydia. Pwnage awaits
- scarface_74 3y agoDoesn’t that kind of make the point why app stores and a good sandbox are fair trade offs?
- wesapien 3y agoIf the mark/prey believes they are talking to a legitimate tech support person, their mostly screwed. The warning sign isn't there to stop a con artist or social engineering.
- wepple 3y agoHow would this type of attack work on an android that is locked to play store? I guess you could use a web phishing page, but you couldn’t remote access their device. Maybe you could get a malicious data capture app into the play store that simply collects data, but it would eventually get banned
- g-b-r 3y agoIf the aim is to have grandma download a malicious app, you direct her to download one of the countless malicious apps that find their way to the play store.