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Full coverage· Security· Updated

National Cyber Directorate Warns Against Installing Suspicious App

Israel's National Cyber Directorate issued an urgent warning about a phishing attempt impersonating Yad2, directing users to download a suspicious app via a fake store. The Directorate advises downloading apps only from official stores and declining installations from unknown sources.

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National Cyber Directorate Warns Against Installing Suspicious App
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What happened

  1. 01Israel's National Cyber Directorate warned of a phishing scam impersonating Yad2.
  2. 02Users are directed to download a suspicious app via a fake app store.
  3. 03The Directorate advises downloading apps only from official Google Play and App Store.
  4. 04Users should decline installations from unknown sources and check app permissions.
  5. 05The suspicious app is under investigation, and users should report incidents.

Those who received the message or installed the app should report it to the authorities.

Translated and summarized by baba from Kipa, the latest report. Read Kipa’s original

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