{"id":77839,"date":"2025-06-18T11:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T06:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=77839"},"modified":"2025-06-18T11:17:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T06:17:47","slug":"hacking-alert-ncert-issues-advisory-for-whatsapp-users-advised-to-stay-vigilant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/hacking-alert-ncert-issues-advisory-for-whatsapp-users-advised-to-stay-vigilant\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacking alert: NCERT issues advisory for WhatsApp users advised to stay vigilant"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: In a recent development, the National Cyber Emergency <\/a>Response Team (NCERT) has <\/span>released<\/span> an advisory <\/span>alerting<\/span>\u00a0of a\u00a0<\/span>hike<\/span>\u00a0in hacking and phishing attacks on WhatsApp.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hacking<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and phishing attempts\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>being<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>made by cybercriminals<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>trick<\/span>\u00a0users into\u00a0<\/span>divulging<\/span> personal information using fake <\/span>means<\/span>, the advisory\u00a0<\/span>stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the hackers\u00a0<\/span>employ<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>spoofed<\/span>\u00a0links and\u00a0<\/span>phishing<\/span> verification codes to lure the victims. Compromised accounts can be used <\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>propagate<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>false information<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>conduct<\/span>\u00a0fraud, or\u00a0<\/span>access<\/span>\u00a0unauthorized\u00a0<\/span>private\u00a0<\/span>photographs<\/span> and contact lists.<\/span><\/p>\n

The NCERT advisory <\/span>continued<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to say\u00a0<\/span>that the hackers are\u00a0<\/span>employing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>phony<\/span>\u00a0bank loyalty\u00a0<\/span>schemes<\/span> and prize schemes as lures for<\/span>\u00a0attacks.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

The NCERT also <\/span>warned<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>against<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>fraudulent<\/span>\u00a0schemes\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0users,\u00a0<\/span>advising<\/span>\u00a0them to enable two-step verification\u00a0<\/span>under<\/span>\u00a0WhatsApp settings for\u00a0<\/span>additional<\/span>\u00a0security.
\n<\/span>
\nUsers\u00a0<\/span>of WhatsApp\u00a0<\/span>have been\u00a0<\/span>asked<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>steer<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>clear<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>address verification,\u00a0<\/span>reward<\/span>, or\u00a0<\/span>survey-related<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>links\u00a0<\/span>and to authenticate <\/span>messages only\u00a0<\/span>from<\/span>\u00a0official and\u00a0<\/span>verified<\/span>\u00a0sources.<\/p>\n

The NCERT\u00a0<\/span>suggested<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>exceptional<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>caution<\/span>\u00a0for messages received from unknown numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: In a recent development, the National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT) has released an advisory alerting\u00a0of a\u00a0hike\u00a0in hacking and phishing attacks on WhatsApp. Hacking\u00a0and phishing attempts\u00a0are\u00a0being\u00a0made by cybercriminals\u00a0to\u00a0trick\u00a0users into\u00a0divulging personal information using fake means, the advisory\u00a0stated. It\u00a0said\u00a0the hackers\u00a0employ\u00a0spoofed\u00a0links and\u00a0phishing verification codes to lure the victims. Compromised accounts can be used to\u00a0propagate\u00a0false information,\u00a0conduct\u00a0fraud, or\u00a0access\u00a0unauthorized\u00a0private\u00a0photographs and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":73749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[29018,29538,29537],"class_list":["post-77839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-national-cyber-emergency-response-team","tag-online-threats","tag-whatsapp-hacking-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77840,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77839\/revisions\/77840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}