NEW DELHI : 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. "It has been reported that a fake SMS message is in circulation that falsely claims to offer an app to let users register for COVID-19 vaccine in India." The agency is the federal technology arm to combat cyber attacks and guarding the Indian cyber space against phishing and hacking assaults and similar online attacks. It added that the "app also gains unnecessary permissions that attackers could leverage to acquire user data such as contact list." This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.

Source: Mint May 10, 2021 11:37 UTC