As always when a human being is confronted with a difficult situation, we see the actions that best reflect our situation. When we see health workers and doctors fighting relentlessly because of the outbreak of the epidemic, on the other hand we see people trying to use it.
Coronavirus testing is a new feature of the Andalusian health app
The Andalusus government health response request has been reviewed by a coronavirus test to see if it is necessary to see a doctor.
In the analog world we have seen crawlers go to the homes of the elderly to avoid asking them for money to exchange and test them against COVID-19. In the digital world we see the same thing as an application that mimics our scan to find cases of this disease but in fact we do block our phone, rent content, and ask for a ransom. The methods of trying to knock us are renewed.
The CovidLock app is dangerous, don't download it
The site in question is called CovidLock and has its own website (coronavirusapp dot site), where you are invited to install it directly on our mobile phones. Don't go to the Google Play store, you don't need to go through Google's security filters for all the apps in your store. This way, it's much easier to create a malicious application as it is.
CovidLock It clearly shows us a map in real time where we see the coronavirus cases around us. The fact is that at some point an image will pop up explaining that the content on the mobile phone has been captured and that we will only be able to find it if we pay a $ 100 ransom for Bitcoin in less than 48 hours.
Use your mobile code
Fortunately, researchers who discovered this app reported that from Android 7 Nougat may have blocked their access to our data. This should have worked the security system like a pin or pattern on the screen.
Above all, the best thing in these cases is not to install apps from outside the Play Store unless we are absolutely sure that the source is reliable.
