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'Daam' virus steals call records, reads history from Android phones

The agency is the federal technology arm to combat cyber attacks and guard the cyber space against phishing and hacking assaults and similar online attacks

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Image used for representational purpose. Pic/iStock

The national cyber security agency in its latest advisory said that an Android malware called 'Daam' that infects mobile phones and hacks into sensitive data like call records, contacts, history and camera has been found to be spreading.

"The virus is also capable of "bypassing anti-virus programs and deploying ransomware on the targeted devices", the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In said, PTI reported.

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