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Hackers steal Signal, WhatsApp user data with fake Android chat app (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Hackers are using a fake Android app named 'SafeChat' to infect devices with spyware malware that steals call logs, texts, and GPS locations from phones.

The Android spyware is suspected to be a variant of "Coverlm," which steals data from communication apps such as Telegram, Signal, WhatsApp, Viber, and Facebook Messenger.

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[–] DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They are way less than Android and Apple revokes the app certificate so even the downloaded ones stop to work.

Also the rare cases this happened in iOS the number of affected users were way small

This is a bad whatabotism since the scale is completely different and I really fear side loading. Specially because some developers will force users to get stuff outside the App Store putting everyone in risk.