Sunday 8 April 2018

Fake malicious version of WhatsApp can steel your data. Protect your data, How?


WhatsApp: A fake malicious app can steal personal data from phone



Beware, WhatsApp user, your privacy may be at risk, a fake malicious version of WhatsApp is active on internet that can steal you data. This report has came from prestigious laboratory Malwarebytes Lab. The report says that a tweaked version of WhatsApp app is active on web that can access to users personal photos and misuse it.




According to Malwarebytes lab, a fake version of WhatsApp application has been found on the web, This fake version is able to access to one’s personal data. As you know that WhatsApp is one of the most popular apps with over 1.5 billion monthly active users globally.




Name of fake version is WhatsApp Plus and it is shared via a link, the tweaked version is downloaded as “an.ap” file. The App has a gold star logo instead of the original and standard green logo of telephone receiver and has URL and a handle written inside.




When someone click on “Agree and continue” the app show itself as out-of –date and inspire user to install the update version immediately from Google Play Store. The instruction message will appear like this “Please go to Google Play Store to download the latest version.



Once user follows the instruction, the app redirected to a dubious website that is in Arabic. The website will allow user download an app having a strange name – Watts Plus Plus WhatsApp.


According to Malwarebytes Lab, the fake app have similar feature like original WhatsApp but unfortunately the report doesn’t disclose how the fake app works and gathers data. So, it is my suggestion to all Whatsapp user, just stick with original WhatsApp and download any latest update  on Google Play with green logo to secure data.

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