{"id":2557,"date":"2021-08-20T11:25:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T09:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/20\/australians-hit-by-flubot-malware-that-arrives-by-text-message\/"},"modified":"2021-08-20T11:25:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T09:25:13","slug":"australians-hit-by-flubot-malware-that-arrives-by-text-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/20\/australians-hit-by-flubot-malware-that-arrives-by-text-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Australians hit by \u2018Flubot\u2019 malware that arrives by text message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New scam spreads to Australia from Europe, targeting thousands of Android users<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Australians have been hit by a new scam text message known as Flubot, which aims to install malware on their phones.<\/p>\n<p>Flubot is a type of malware targeting Android users, but iPhone users can also receive the messages. It tells the receiver they missed a call or have a new voicemail, providing a fake link to listen.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/aug\/20\/australians-hit-by-flubot-malware-that-arrives-by-text-message\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a947c4e0029eb6fdef0bda96976555fb66497b65\/0_334_5456_3274\/master\/5456.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c7cc911270c8703ea2aae028270fd937\" title=\"Australians hit by \u2018Flubot\u2019 malware that arrives by text message\" \/>New scam spreads to Australia from Europe, targeting thousands of Android users<br \/>\nThousands of Australians have been hit by a new scam text message known as Flubot, which aims to install malware on their phones.<br \/>\nFlubot is a type of malware targeting Android users, but iPhone users can also receive the messages. It tells the receiver they missed a call or have a new voicemail, providing a fake link to listen. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New scam spreads to Australia from Europe, targeting thousands of Android users Thousands of Australians have been hit by a new scam text message known as Flubot, which aims to install malware on their phones. Flubot is a type of malware targeting Android users, but iPhone users can also receive the messages. It tells the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/20\/australians-hit-by-flubot-malware-that-arrives-by-text-message\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Australians hit by \u2018Flubot\u2019 malware that arrives by text message<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}