• @[email protected]M
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    -13 years ago

    This malware is not too hard to protect against. There have been two kinds of exploits it uses, one of which being missed Whatsapp voice call which I think has been patched.

    The main one is a URL sent via SMS, which you do not have to click.

    So basically, the malware takes advantage of bad OPSEC and bad IT 101 practices on the user targets.

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      13 years ago

      out of interest, how would that hostile SMS URL work with those SMS preview things alot of mobile SMS messaging implementations use?

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        13 years ago

        Disable preview or use clients that allow to disable or cannot preview. QKSMS works just fine for me.