Scammers are sending trap files to families of military personnel

Fraudsters created a fake Red Cross account

Attackers have created a fake account of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). They are sending malicious files to the families of military personnel. This was warned by the cybercrime unit of the Russian Interior Ministry.

On behalf of the fake account of the "Red Cross Committee", malicious files (.apk) are being massively sent to the families of military personnel.
 Russian Interior Ministry

Examples of trap file names: «List of prisoners of war.apk»; «Red Cross Application.apk»; «Photo albums of prisoners.apk».

Do not open or download files with the .apk extension from unknown sources.

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