NCC alerts Nigerians on Flubot malware, lists measures to guard against attack

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted millions of Nigerian telecom consumers of the existence of new, high-risk and extremely-damaging,

Malware is a generic word used to describe a virus or software, designed specially to “disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.”According to Adinde, information received from the Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team , revealed that Flubot “targets Androids with fake security updates and App installations”.

This malware attacks Android devices by pretending to be FedEx, DHL, Correos, and Chrome applications” and compels unsuspecting users to alter the accessibility configurations on their devices in order to maintain continuous presence on devices. NCC said that “it suffices to say that, when Flubot infects a device, it can result in incalculable financial losses. Additionally, the malware creates a backdoor which grants access to the user’s device, thus enabling the invader or attacker to perform other criminal actions, including launching other variants of malware.

 

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