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'Malicious Covid-19 vaccine SMS that compromises Android phones spreading'
Updated On: 10 May, 2021 12:00 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The SMS carries a link that installs the malicious app on Android-based devices, which essentially spreads itself via SMS to victims` contacts," the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In said in a public advisory issued on Saturday.
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A fake Covid-19 vaccine registration SMS that "maliciously" gains entry into a users` Android phone leading to compromise of individual contact list is in circulation, the federal cyber security agency has alerted.
The harmful SMS has been identified by at least five variants.
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