11/10/2022 0 Comments Fake app attack fake browser![]() I have checked her computer and looked at her NIS security history, and she doesn't have anything but "info" level notices, while I have all these "high risk" notices of these Fake App Attack intrusions! There does not seem to be a pattern in terms of the particular ads that are on the pages (not that I look much at internet ads).Ī relative of mine who lives close by to me often visits the same websites that I do, and she also has NIS on her computer, but she has never seen this "Fake App Attack: Fake AV Website 20" at all, even when she looks at the very same websites where I am experiencing the intrusions, the very same newspaper article webpages, etc. It might wait 5-10 minutes after I visit a webpage before it occurs. I never click on ads, and I try not even to hover my cursor over any ads - the intrusion comes when my cursor is in a neutral place on the webpage. I have been getting this intrusion notice + pop-up + locking-up of IE several times a day for the past week, when looking at several different websites, all are mainstream, ordinary sites, mainly of major British newspapers (a variety of them). The pop-up box that I see is the same as the *second* box pictured in this thread (I do not see the first box that is pictured). This is a mention on the Microsoft forum from a year and a half ago: Here's one mention of it on these boards, from a year and a half ago: I've looked into this for 2 days now, and there have not been too many mentions on the internet of the "20" version of this - I've seen a couple of other versions of the "Fake App Attack" being talked about a lot lately on malware discussion forums, especially one with the number "3" at the end - I don't know if they are related or not. (I have never pressed the "ok" button or even the "x" button on the pop-up window itself, of course.) At the same time, a pop-up window comes up in the middle of the page, and says "Microsoft Antivirus has found critical process activity on your PC You need to clean your computer to prevent the system breakage." This locks up my Internet Explorer and I have to use Task Manager to "end task" and get out of I.E. ![]() It is "Fake App Attack: Fake AV Website 20". (Note: I am not technically advanced when it comes to computers, so please excuse my lack of knowledge!)įor the last 7 days or so, I have been frequently getting a notice from NIS (the little warning window at the bottom right of the screen) saying that an intrusion has been blocked. The Masque Attack exploits that capability.Hello - I've had NIS for many years, but this is the first time I've joined the community to post a question. If a fake app uses the same bundle identifier as a legitimate app, iOS doesn't question it, even if its from a different source, said FireEye.īowing to enterprise demand, Apple a year ago introduced the ability for IT to directly provision apps to iOS devices, bypassing the Apple App Store. The vulnerability exists in iOS versions 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, and 8.1.1 beta and is possible because iOS doesn't check the validity of the app's bundle identifier - an ID string carried by each app that is supposed to be unique. A second part of the attack, also demonstrated in the video, allowed an attacker access to all SMS text messages sent to the phone.Īccess to both email and SMS messages is frightening enough, but is especially problematic as both are used for password reset links and security PIN codes for access to apps and, sometimes, bank accounts. But in the background, it uploaded the entire user mailbox to a server run by the attacker. The new Gmail app, installed over the top of the real one, mimicked the real one, making it difficult for a user to detect the change. When the link was clicked, the iPhone asked the user to confirm installation of the game, but upon that confirmation what was actually downloaded and installed was a compromised version of the Gmail app. In a video demonstration of the attack, an iPhone was sent a URL to install a new version of the "Flappy Bird" game. ![]() ![]() Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in iPhones and iPads that allows attackers to install fake apps that take the place of legitimate ones.įireEye, a mobile security company, said the problem, which it calls "Masque Attack," allows attackers to gain access to vast amounts of personal information. ![]()
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