In Premium | KuCoin CEO still bullish on India, wants action on those spreading rumours “However, attackers exploit these APIs by making GET/POST requests with their scripts which in turn automates the sending of messages and helps them to perform SMS bombing attacks.” (Express Photo)Īccording to Sourajeet Majumder, an independent cyber expert, in most cases, these websites use vulnerable API points of other firms which are actually used to send OTPs, and texts to legitimate users for login, password reset etc. Some of the popular SMS bombing apps are SMSBomber, BombItUp, and TXTBlast among others.
These pranks are run using freeware and their apk files available to download online. “Ultimately, I researched and downloaded the app, and blacklisted my number.” “For several days, I would get hundreds of OTP SMS, and it would irritate me.” He even tried registering a complaint with the cyber police, but that didn’t stop the spam messages.
Mehul Bhandari, 32, a software developer based in Vapi tells that he was bombarded with hundreds of OTP messages from Flipkart, Apollo, Snapdeal, and ok credit. Over the last 24 hours I have been getting hundreds of OTP calls and messages.
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