Fake WhatsApp update on Google Play promoted malware disguised as game

[gerald309]

Fake WhatsApp update on Google Play promoted malware disguised as game
SC Magazine
A fake WhatsApp application that was downloaded one million times from the Google Play Store was observed advertising a malicious game app that infects users with secondary malware capable of click fraud, data extraction, and SMS surveillance. Initially discovered by Reddit users on Nov. 3, and ...
https://www.scmagazine.com/fake-whatsapp-update-on-google-play-promoted-malware-disguised-as-game/article/709845/

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[gerald309]

Fake WhatsApp update on Google Play promoted malware disguised as game
SC Magazine

Still, if the user can find it and launch it, the malware begins displaying various advertisements for additional apps, which if clicked upon sends the ...
https://www.scmagazine.com/fake-whatsapp-update-on-google-play-promoted-malware-disguised-as-game/article/709845/