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Jutaan Pengguna Android Ditargetkan Dalam Kampanye Penipuan Berlangganan

October 26, 2021 by Winnie the Pooh

Kampanye penipuan besar-besaran menggunakan 151 aplikasi Android dengan 10,5 juta unduhan digunakan untuk membuat pengguna untuk berlangganan layanan berlangganan premium tanpa sepengetahuan mereka.

Para peneliti di Avast menemukan kampanye tersebut, menamakannya ‘UltimaSMS’, dan melaporkan 80 aplikasi terkait yang mereka temukan di Google Play Store.

Sementara Google dengan cepat menghapus aplikasi, para penipu kemungkinan telah mengumpulkan jutaan dolar dalam biaya berlangganan palsu tersebut.

Pelaku ancaman melakukan kampanye UltimateSMS melalui 151 aplikasi Android yang berpura-pura menjadi aplikasi diskon, game, keyboard khusus, pemindai kode QR, editor video dan foto, pemblokir panggilan spam, filter kamera, dan banyak lagi.

Saat membuka salah satu aplikasi ini untuk pertama kalinya, aplikasi ini menggunakan data dari smartphone, seperti lokasi dan IMEI, untuk mengubah bahasanya agar sesuai dengan negara dimana ponsel itu berada.

Aplikasi kemudian akan meminta pengguna untuk memasukkan nomor ponsel dan alamat email mereka untuk mengakses fitur program.

Setelah memiliki nomor telepon dan izin yang diperlukan, aplikasi tersebut kemudian membuat korban berlangganan layanan SMS $40 per bulan di mana para penipu mendapatkan potongan sebagai mitra afiliasi.

Analisis Avast mengungkapkan bahwa pembuat aplikasi ini telah menerapkan sistem yang membebankan biaya sebanyak mungkin kepada korban berdasarkan lokasi mereka.

Menurut Sensor Tower, negara yang paling terpengaruh adalah Mesir, Arab Saudi, Pakistan, dan UEA, semuanya terhitung lebih dari satu juta pengguna yang menjadi korban. Di AS, jumlah perangkat yang terinfeksi adalah 170.000.

Sumber: BleepingComputer

Meskipun menghapus aplikasi akan mencegah langganan baru dibuat, itu tidak akan mencegah langganan yang ada ditagih lagi. Untuk menghindari biaya di masa mendatang, Anda perlu menghubungi operator Anda dan meminta pembatalan semua langganan SMS.

Anda dapat melihat daftar ini di GitHub untuk daftar lengkap aplikasi yang harus segera Anda hapus dari perangkat Anda.

Selengkapnya: Bleeping Computer

Tagged With: Android, Cybersecurity, Scam, UltimaSMS

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