Autoreply attack! New Android malware found in Google Play Store spreads via malicious auto-replies to WhatsApp messages

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Research by: Aviran Hazum, Bodgan Melnykov & Israel Wenik   Highlights Disguised as a Netflix content enabler app named “FlixOnline,” threat actors distributed newly-discovered Android malware Malware distributed via malicious auto-replies to incoming WhatsApp messages, using payloads received from a remote command & control (C&C) server Malware allowed a malicious actor to distribute phishing attacks, spread…

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