A Text Message That Can Destroy Your Android Phone

Users of Android phone have been advised not to open a text message that gives hackers a total control over their devices, Rob Waugh has reported.

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According to a security expert, Heimdal, the message contains a link to an application which allows hackers to erase contents on devices, send SMS, and make calls. The text message comes in this form: ‘You have received a multimedia message from +[country code] [sender number] Follow the link http:www.mmsforyou [.] Net /mms.apk to view the message’. The application installs the application Tor and then sends an automated text message to a number in Iran saying, ‘Thank you’. Heimdal, the security experts has made a warning saying; ‘Attackers can open a backdoor into your Android smartphones, to monitor and control them as they please, read SMS messages, which means they can also read authentication codes sent as part of two-factor authentication mechanisms, used also by online banking apps and ecommerce websites, and use their full access to Android phones to basically manipulate the device to do whatever they want.’ Therefore, users of Android Phones and tablets are advised not to open suspicious-looking text messages, and that they should use security software on Android devices.

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