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Cybersecurity researchers at Dr. Web monitoring the mobile app ecosystem have spotted a major tip in trojan infiltration on the Google Play Store, with one of the applications having over 500,000 installations and available to download.
The majority of these applications belong to a family of trojan malware used in a variety of scams, resulting in money losses as well as the theft of sensitive private details. Additionally, a new Android trojan called ‘Android.Spy.4498’ designed as a WhatsApp mod has been discovered in the wild. The trojan is spreading via malicious websites promoted by social media posts, forums, and SEO poisoning.
According to Dr. Web’s report published in January 2022, the ‘Android.Spy.4498’ was identified in some of the unofficial WhatsApp applications (mods) named GBWhatsApp, OBWhatsApp, or WhatsApp Plus. These mods provide Arabic language support, home screen widgets, separate bottom bar, hide status options, call blocking, and the ability to auto-save received media. These mods are popular in the online communities because they offer additional features not available in the vanilla WhatsApp.
The Trojan is also capable of downloading apps and offering users to in
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