FBI warning -Decide these texts on your iPhone, Android phone

On March 11, with details of the new state through state warnings and state advice for everyone who receives these dangerous texts.

The FBI warns a threat that is moving about America “from state to state”, which is moving citizens about malicious SMS (SMSS) texts, teling -IPhone, Android users to “delete smishing texts”. Now cybercriminals have registered “over 10,000 domains” to fire a new wave of attacks. These new texts are easy to recognize – delete them immediately.

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The new report is via the unit of Palo Alto Networks 42. The new campaign states: “According to users, personal and/or financial information, including credit or debit card and account information. The original threat focuses on toll fraud with state -specific payment connections. The new domain adds to the MIX delivery services.

The toll fraud has generated headlines in the past few months, with rarely a week has passed somewhere in America without a new report from state or local media. The FTC warns that “the fraudster not only tries to steal their money, but that they click on the link, but also receive their personal information and even steal their identity.”

All Smishing texts follow a similar pattern. You have an unpaid bill and urgently need to pay you to avoid higher costs or worse. There is a link to the payment page – where the new domains come into play. In view of IMESSAGE blocks such as left, the texts contain instructions to either answer the link or copy it to Safari to make the payment.

The toll fraud is set to the local operators, but everything seems to be used by a toolkit created by Chinese cyber criminal groups. Not surprisingly perhaps that the example -root domains and fully qualified domain names all share the Chinese .xin TLD. You can easily see how this domain name is designed so that a click is created:

• DHL.com-New (.) Xin
• Fischeks.com-jds (.) Xin
• ezdrive.com-2h98 (.) Xin
• ezdrivema.com-citation-ETC (.) Xin
• ezdrivema.com-securetta (.) Xin
• E-zpassiag.com-Courfee (.) Xin
• e-zpassny.com-ticket (.) Xin
• Fedex.com-fedexl (.) Xin
• getipass.com-tickeuz (.) Xin
• Sunpass.com-tickeTap () xin
• thetollroads.com- fastrakeu (.) Xin
• Usps.com-Tracking Helpsomg (.) Xin

This list is not exhaustive, but it helps you to mark threats. It goes without saying that every US toll’s payment platform or a large delivery service will not redirect it from a link within a text into a Chinese domain, even if there is a “.com” in the string earlier. But even if the link has no treacherous Chinese TLD, you shouldn’t click through a text. As the office says: “Check your account using the legitimate website (OR) of the toll service.

Per BeepThe great payment fraud campaigns are spreading and make it clear why so many new domains are required. “A massive wave of Phishing -Text messages has led to numerous cities in the USA, including Annapolis, Boston, Greenwich, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, Charlotte, San Diego, San Francisco and many others.”

In addition to the top domain, the domain, the Beep In a text that they received in New York, a treacherous sign was also determined that this is a fraud, since the dollar sign is displayed after the amount and not beforehand, as is common in the USA. This also shows that the phishing fraud was created by people outside the United States. “

McAfee has now published its own warning and highlighted the most targeted cities by these frauds. “Look in both directions for a new form of fraud that is on the advance, especially if you live in Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago or Orlando – fake toll roads.

The team reports that they have had a big increase in the past few weeks in the past few weeks. Your full list of most targeted cities is here:

1. “Dallas, Texas
2. Atlanta, Georgia
3. Los Angeles, California
4. Chicago, Illinois
5. Orlando, Florida
6. Miami, Florida
7. San Antonio, Texas
8. Las Vegas, Nevada
9. Houston, Texas
10. Denver, Colorado
11. San Diego, California
12. Phoenix, Arizona
13. Seattle, Washington
14. Indianapolis, Indiana
15. Boardman, Ohio “

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These unpaid toll fraud warnings quickly become a daily event, which prompted the Attorney General of Louisiana, Liz Murrill, to give the citizens of the state a direct message after they have been targeted. “I also received this text.

Just like the report of unit 42, state officials recommend that the link contained in the message is a traitorous danger sign, which illustrates why carefully selected domains are of crucial importance for attacks. https // gewaupass.net or https://geauxpass-la.com.

In Detroit, a news agency decided to bring out sensors in the city to check how virally this fraud was on site. “Has your phone with texts in the air into the air?

The new team warns of an evil new trick that is used by the attackers. When a local woman “tried to pay with her debit card, you got a popup that stated that the card was refused.

Other warnings this week come from Virgina and Maryland, Indiana, North Carolina, Georgia and Ohio.

The FBI Council for everyone who lacks this fraud is very simple:

1. “Set a complaint with the IC3, www.ic3.gov (and contain) the telephone number from which the text comes (and) the website listed in the text
2. Check your account via the legitimate website of the toll service.
3. Contact the telephone number of the toll service.
4. Delete all preserved smishing texts.
5. If you have clicked on a link or provided your information, you have to make an effort to secure your personal data and financial accounts. Connect unknown charges. “

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The FTC generally advise:

• Do not click on unexpected texts or answer on links or do not answer. Fraudsters want you to react quickly, but it is best to stop and check it.
• Check whether the text is legitimate. Contact the state’s toll agency via a telephone number or website that you know that you are real – not the information from the text.
• Report and delete unwanted text messages. Use the “Report Junk” option to report unwanted texts of your messaging app or forward it to 7726 (spam). As soon as you have checked and reported it, delete the text. “

Zimperium has just warned that cybercriminals switch to a “mobile attack strategy” because they are more susceptible to small screen devices. It is easy to see why this is the case and why you click on a text rather than an e -mail – not.