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Malicious apps used to Remotely Control Smartphones, Illegally Transfer Money

Reuters file photo A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him. The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] There has been a series of cases in which malicious apps that look similar to the video-sharing app TikTok take control of a person’s smartphone and transfer money via PayPay, the electronic payment …

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