Sirsa, Superintendent of Police Vikrant Bhushan has issued a special advisory to the general public to avoid cyber fraud and said that in this modern era, cyber criminals use new methods of fraud every day. He said that nowadays cyber criminals are attacking the bank accounts of users through the dangerous virus Bingomod.
Superintendent of Police Vikrant Bhushan said that cyber criminals send suspicious links to users, and as soon as the users click on the suspicious link, the dangerous virus Bingomod enters the mobile, laptop, or computer through SMS, and by stealing the details of the users’ bank accounts, it blows itself up by emptying the user’s account, so it is also known as suicidal malware. The Superintendent of Police said that in this way the users do not understand what is happening to them.
The Superintendent of Police said that the malware Bingomod is programmed in such a way that it spreads itself from the infected mobile to another mobile through SMS. He said that hackers have fed a self-destructive program in the Bingomod suicide malware, which after stealing the bank details of the users removes itself from the mobile and brings the mobile to factory reset mode, in such a situation the users do not even know what happened in their mobile.
Superintendent of Police Vikrant Bhushan told the public that about the dangerous virus called Bingomod, cyber security researchers have recently discovered a new Android Remote Access Trojan (RET) called Bingomod, which fraudulently transfers money from the device.
Superintendent of Police Vikrant Bhushan said that according to cyber security researchers, Bingomod belongs to the latest generation of mobile malware, as its remote access capability allows account takeover directly from the infected device.
He said that it has the ability to take screenshots using Android’s Media Projection API and receive more than 40 commands remotely by interacting with the device in real time. The Superintendent of Police said that do not click on any unknown link received on WhatsApp, mail, or any other social site.
The Superintendent of Police said that in this era of modernity and digitalization, keep yourself careful and alert to avoid cyber fraud, because caution and vigilance are the best ways to avoid cyber fraud.
He appealed to the general public to be careful of such fake links and do not share your personal information with anyone else because by doing this you become a victim of cyber fraud.
The Superintendent of Police said that if anyone is a victim of cyber fraud, he should immediately contact the local police or call the cyber helpline number 1930 and inform about it immediately so that appropriate action can be taken in time.
