Be careful! ‘This app’ can make your bank account empty
Wednesday - November 6, 2019 11:08 am ,
Category : WTN SPECIAL
Instantly uninstall 'Ai.type' app from your smartphone
Some apps do digital shopping automatically without your knowledge!
NOV 06 (WTN) - In today's modern Internet era, you must be using a smartphone, and when using a smartphone, you have a variety of apps on your smartphone. At the same time, for banking related work, you must be using net banking, banking app or then mobile wallet in your smartphone. But as you may be aware if you make negligence or mistakes in the use of your smartphone then your bank account can be empty.
Actually, a warning has been issued for Android users regarding a dangerous app. For your information, let us know that an app had been spotted on the Play Store, which can empty the bank account of the users and its information is not known to the user.
According to the information, new research conducted by the Secure-D team has revealed an app named ‘Ai.type’; this app can buy premium digital services without the user’s permission. This app works in such a way that the user does not realize that he has purchased a premium content service and has deducted money from his bank account.
This dangerous Ai.type app is a third-party keyboard Android app. This app has been downloaded by nearly 40 million times. For your information, let us know that this app has been created by Ai.type Ltd, an Israeli company, whose description has been given as 'Free Emoji keyboard'. The app had fraudulently tried to defraud about $ 18 million, or about 127 crore rupees, but the security firm Secure-D avoided it. Users from 13 countries have been affected by this app. According to the information, through this app, a request for the transaction of about Rs 1.40 crore has been received from about 1,10,000 smartphones.
According to the information received from the media, this dangerous app used to work in the background of the smartphone. At the same time, this app does fake ad views without knowing the user. At the same time, this app can also do digital shopping and its information is not known to the user. When this app makes digital purchases, the payment is made from the user's bank account, but its information is not known to the user.
For your information, let us know that this app hides its unwanted activities, so this app does not appear onscreen. To keep itself hidden, this app sometimes masks itself as a legitimate popular app like audio platform SoundCloud.
By the way, due to the dangerous background activity of this app, the Play Store blocked it in June and removed it. But users who have not uninstalled this app from their phone can still be a victim of this app's dangerous attack. If you have an Ai.type app installed on your smartphone then uninstall it immediately, as this app can deduct money from your bank account without your knowledge. At the same time, after uninstalling this app, use antivirus in the smartphone and only then use the smartphone.
NOV 06 (WTN) - In today's modern Internet era, you must be using a smartphone, and when using a smartphone, you have a variety of apps on your smartphone. At the same time, for banking related work, you must be using net banking, banking app or then mobile wallet in your smartphone. But as you may be aware if you make negligence or mistakes in the use of your smartphone then your bank account can be empty.
Actually, a warning has been issued for Android users regarding a dangerous app. For your information, let us know that an app had been spotted on the Play Store, which can empty the bank account of the users and its information is not known to the user.
According to the information, new research conducted by the Secure-D team has revealed an app named ‘Ai.type’; this app can buy premium digital services without the user’s permission. This app works in such a way that the user does not realize that he has purchased a premium content service and has deducted money from his bank account.
This dangerous Ai.type app is a third-party keyboard Android app. This app has been downloaded by nearly 40 million times. For your information, let us know that this app has been created by Ai.type Ltd, an Israeli company, whose description has been given as 'Free Emoji keyboard'. The app had fraudulently tried to defraud about $ 18 million, or about 127 crore rupees, but the security firm Secure-D avoided it. Users from 13 countries have been affected by this app. According to the information, through this app, a request for the transaction of about Rs 1.40 crore has been received from about 1,10,000 smartphones.
According to the information received from the media, this dangerous app used to work in the background of the smartphone. At the same time, this app does fake ad views without knowing the user. At the same time, this app can also do digital shopping and its information is not known to the user. When this app makes digital purchases, the payment is made from the user's bank account, but its information is not known to the user.
For your information, let us know that this app hides its unwanted activities, so this app does not appear onscreen. To keep itself hidden, this app sometimes masks itself as a legitimate popular app like audio platform SoundCloud.
By the way, due to the dangerous background activity of this app, the Play Store blocked it in June and removed it. But users who have not uninstalled this app from their phone can still be a victim of this app's dangerous attack. If you have an Ai.type app installed on your smartphone then uninstall it immediately, as this app can deduct money from your bank account without your knowledge. At the same time, after uninstalling this app, use antivirus in the smartphone and only then use the smartphone.
