Even if a person does not have money to eat today, he definitely has a smartphone. Smartphone has become the need of all of us today. Everyone’s smartphone definitely has internet and some instant messaging apps. Instant messaging app WhatsApp is widely used all over the world. If you also use WhatsApp a lot, then now you need to be careful. Actually, hackers are now clearing people’s money through WhatsApp and people are not aware of it.
All of you must have heard or read till now that hackers send phishing links to hack people’s mobile phones, on which if the person clicks then their account (mobile) gets hacked. But now hackers have advanced with time and they have invented GIF technique to hack mobile phones. With this, hackers are easily entering your phone.
If you have this setting then change it immediately.
Actually, many people are not aware of the different features present in WhatsApp and they keep all the settings on. Hackers take advantage of this and take away your money. If you have also kept this setting on in WhatsApp, then turn it off immediately, otherwise you may also be a victim of fraud or hacking.
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Now hackers are trapping people in their trap through GIF. Where earlier hackers used to send phishing messages to people, now hackers are entering people’s mobile phones through GIFs. Hackers are implanting the phishing link in the GIF image, so that as soon as it is downloaded in your mobile phone, your mobile phone will be hacked. It is named GIFShell.
How is hacking happening?
Actually, many people keep the feature of ‘auto media download’ on in WhatsApp. Because of this, whatever message is sent to them from the front, it automatically gets downloaded in the mobile phone. In such a situation, if hackers send GIF to you, then it also gets downloaded automatically and due to this hackers get access to your mobile phone. Hackers are carrying out hacking with a new type of technology and people are not aware of this. To avoid this, go to the settings of WhatsApp and turn off this option. You will find this option under Storage and Data.
