Android WhatsApp Worm This malware spreads automatically through the WhatsApp network
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| Android WhatsApp Worm |
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The latest attacks on Android come from
WhatsApp, a virus that has the ability to spread automatically from WhatsApp
itself.
The Android WhatsApp worm was discovered by
ESET researcher Lucas Stefenko, who claims that the malware is automatically
transmitted through the WhatsApp network, abusing the phone's alert system.
The attack itself takes advantage of our
ability to accept human weakness by clicking and accepting what is placed in
front of us. The link posted via WhatsApp is similar to the URL that will
contain the Google Play application link, but it is a false link that we take
to the application store. Once again, a fake copy of Google Play that installs
a fake APK download from Huawei.
Once this file is downloaded, it manually asks
us to allow it to show itself in other applications, perform battery
optimizations and allow the application to access our notifications. Without
realizing it, we have given this application so much power that it is able to
do whatever it wants on our mobile phone.
Thus, the app is not only able to run in the
background but can also appear on top of other apps; This is important because
it allows the malware to create and display versions of popular apps and
websites, retrieving our passwords and information.
Thanks to the controls on the mobile that got
it, the app then sends messages via WhatsApp to our contacts to repeat the
loop.
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| Android WhatsApp Worm |
ESET advises that, although for now
it only uses WhatsApp as a distribution method, you should be careful with
similar messages in Messenger or Telegram. ESET says this is the first time
that Android malware has the same functionality to distribute itself via
WhatsApp messages.
The video can be viewed here
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