Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com March 28, Tencent Mobile Manager released the 2022 "Android Application Network Fraud Security report". As of January 2022, Android has reached 69.74% of the global market share. Android malicious applications have become one of the biggest security threats on the current mobile Internet.

From the perspective of the type of fraud, the proportion of part-time fraud by brushing is the highest, and the TOP is as follows:

Part-time brushing and recruitment fraud

Loan, credit card fraud

Impersonate e-commerce customer service fraud

False credit fraud

Pig killing plate fraud

Fake shopping fraud

Pretending to be a public security bureau, procuratorate or court to defraud

Impersonate a leader or acquaintance to defraud

Fraud of withdrawal of funds

Porn and naked chat fraud

Virtual props trading fraud

Other types of fraud

Impersonate the army and police to defraud

Marriage and dating fraud

CTOnews.com learned from the report that pig killing plate App as a whole showed an upward trend compared with 2021, reaching a peak in May-July 2022; porn naked chat App trend showed an overall downward trend, reaching a peak in April, and then continued to decline steadily; underground industry theft privacy App trend, compared with 2021, the overall trend is relatively gentle; rogue advertising App trend decreased significantly compared with 2021, showing a significant downward trend as a whole.

The underground industry of fraudulent App continues to make profits, constantly mutates fraud routines, and develops malicious applications through a variety of informal means, such as pig killing plate, naked chat, brushing and other fraudulent App.

Pig killing plate category: swindlers fake "Belt and Road Initiative, carbon neutralization, MT4" and other concepts, with small investment and high return as bait, fabricate false projects to induce victims to fraud to false investment App.

Naked chat extortion category: the swindler guides the victim to download the naked chat App, which has the functions of reading address book, text message, location information and so on. During passionate interaction, secretly record the victim's private parts and face, and finally send the indecent video and stolen address book information to the victim, asking for a high fee to "solve", otherwise the indecent video will spread.

Virtual coin fraud: swindlers use the concepts of blockchain and sharing economy to conduct hype to trick victims into downloading fraudulent App, and then invest in virtual currencies such as NFT and Bitcoin, emphasizing that "the currency only rises in value, has a short cycle and high returns", and then implements remote contactless fraud.

Part-time brushing category: swindlers use "zero investment, high return, daily settlement" as a gimmick to attract people to download fraudulent App brushing, return principal and commission for the first few times, induce them to increase investment after swindling trust, and then refuse to return money for reasons such as uncompleted tasks to complete the fraud.

False loan category: the swindler requires the deceived person to download the fraudulent loan App and remit money on the grounds that the bank card is not activated, the loan repayment ability is tested, the running water is brushed, the tax is paid, and the agency fee is paid, or by deceiving the verification code, the funds in the bank account of the deceived person are transferred directly.

IM instant messaging: through IM instant chat tools, pretending to be customer service identity, sending fraudulent messages to customers' friends and relatives, or sending fake payment links and payment websites through instant chat tools to trick customers into transferring money to designated accounts to carry out fraud.

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