Telstra warns of new wave of scams on encrypted messaging apps
Popular encrypted messaging platforms become a safe shelter for scammers who want to skip the deception blocking technology when Australia’s largest Telco warning.
Telstra warned its customers to flock to encrypted messaging platforms, marking users may be more vulnerable to messages and calls.
The safety of end -to -end encryption means that messages can only be accessed by the sending and the recipient, while limited visibility for telecommunication providers, deceptive blocking technologies cannot scan or filter the suspicious activity.
Telstra’s cyber expert Darren Pauli said that the encryption is a “great thing ,, while the nature of these platforms makes it difficult for Telcos to watch potential frauds.
“(Encryption) Protects banking, protects everything. And he doesn’t care what the content is protecting. It just works, news said.
“In a broad way, I think that the scammers should really make efforts and put money to try to crush it.
“One of the things you need to do for the wider security of the Internet.”
The telecommunication provider also offered an increase in advanced recruitment charm and fake business opportunities that seem to be legitimate fraud, and a reinforced fraud and deep leaves.
In June, he had to block more than 18 million scam calls per month in June and almost twice as much as the previous year.
In addition, he seized more than 8 million scam text messages per month and observed an annual increase of 13 % in the reports of suspicious contacts.
“These fake job offers and recruitment fraud are especially bad… They target vulnerable people, Pa said Pauli.
“Whatever work or whatever they may be looking for and they will be released with a good fee and a quick interview process from the home… So these are really profitable and attractive offers.
“Tragedy is really about harvesting personal information (Ki), then they use it for identity theft and sell it in the dark market.”
Despite the increasingly complex methods used by scammers, the National Anti-War Centter’s targeting report decreased by 25 percent of losses between 2023 and 2024.
Telstra’s ‘cleaner pipes’ cyber initiative, telecommunications and a great advocacy in the banking industry, because of the pushing of frauds, raise awareness of the damages of frauds.
Pauli said, “I was really impressed with what the industry has done as a whole. These remarkable things,” Pauli said.
“The frustrating scammers and not working, trying to take texts or phone calls, and costs (fraudsters) cost money.
“If there weren’t many terrible people, I’d almost sympathize with them.”
