Google ne apps pe ban laga diya!
Aajkal ke daur mein, apne smartphones mein apps ka hona toh bahut common hai, lekin kya aapko pata hai ki kuch apps mein spyware ya malware chhupa ho sakta hai? Google ne aise hi kuch apps pe ban laga diya hai kyuki unmein ‘KoSpy’ naam ka spyware paya gaya. Reports ke mutaabik, North Korea se jude hackers ne yeh spyware Google Play Store pe daale apps mein chhupaya tha. Isse users ki personal information jaise ki SMS, call logs, location aur files chori ho sakti thi.
Yeh spyware kya karta hai?
Yeh KoSpy spyware bahut khatarnak hai. Yeh aapke phone se SMS, call logs, location, files, audio recordings, aur screenshots chura sakta hai. Iske alawa, yeh aapke keystrokes bhi record kar sakta hai, matlab aap kya type kar rahe hain, yeh sab bhi pata chal sakta hai. Socho, agar aapke bank details ya passwords yeh spyware chura le toh kya hoga?
Google ne kya action liya?
Google ne turant action lete hue in sabhi apps ko Play Store se hata diya hai aur related Firebase projects ko bhi deactivate kar diya hai. Google ka kehna hai ki woh users ko is tarah ke malware se bachane ke liye kaafi strict hai. Unhone yeh bhi kaha ki Google Play Services wale Android devices pe yeh malware automatically block ho jayega.
Aap kya kar sakte hain?
Agar aapne bhi Google Play Store se recently koi naya app download kiya hai, toh ek baar check kar lein ki woh in banned apps mein se toh nahi hai. Agar hai, toh turant use uninstall kar dein. Apne phone ko safe rakhne ke liye, hamesha trusted sources se hi apps download karein aur unnecessary permissions na dein.
Cybersecurity experts ki rai
Cybersecurity experts ka kehna hai ki yeh attack South Korea ke logon pe target kiya gaya tha jo English ya Korean bolte hain. Yeh malicious apps Google Cloud ke Firestore database ka use karke configurations retrieve karte the. Experts ne yeh bhi bataya ki yeh spyware apps unhi domain names aur IP addresses se jude hain jo pehle North Korean government hacking groups APT37 aur APT43 ne use kiye the.
Aage kya?
Is incident se pata chalta hai ki cyber security kitni important hai. Humein hamesha alert rehna chahiye aur apne devices ko safe rakhne ke liye precautions lene chahiye. Google jaisi companies bhi constantly efforts kar rahi hain ki users ko malware aur spyware se bachaya ja sake, lekin humein bhi apni taraf se savdhani baratni hogi.
