New scam?

[zuben el genub]

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/60000-android-devices-hit-by-battery-saving-app-attack/#new_tab&foo=60,000 Android devices hit by battery-saving app attack 06-22-2018&des=Computer security experts have discovered an unusual attack targeting users of Android devices.Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

Found this in a security blog this AM. I'd keep an eye out if you have a Samsung phone.
The author has been right about scammers.

I don't have a Samsung nor a carrier branded phone so I can only leave it up to you.

 

[Hadron]

The Samsung example they show is just that, an example. It's identifying the phone model via the browser and customising the text to suit.

To be honest I was already aware that such things existed, so I don't know how novel this really is. But anything that warns people is good.

 

[lunatic59]

But anything that warns people is good.

I spent much of my week this week running around cleaning up after users who inadvertently clicked the wrong thing thinking it was the right thing and educating them on how to tell the difference. Some get it, some don't care and worst of all, some don't believe me.

I recently had an incident with AT&T where their agent asked for my account password over the phone for verification. Um, no ... how do I verify you?

Unfortunately, these are the times we live in.

 

[Hadron]

I recently had an incident with AT&T where their agent asked for my account password over the phone for verification. Um, no ... how do I verify you?

Yeah, these corporations just don't get that. I had the same a few years ago when I changed banks: the new bank called me that evening with something routine, and asked me to answer some security questions. When I replied that since they had called my number they had a better idea of my identity than I had of theirs, and so really they should be proving their identity to me, and that it would be a dreadful security breach for me to answer those questions to someone who had cold-called me, they just didn't have an answer. I never found out what the call was supposed to be about because I wouldn't answer the questions and, while they could see my reasoning, their scripts didn't give them any solution.