WhatsApp worm now also attacks via Signal, Telegram or Skype users. Malware has evolved and is now also using other messenger apps to spread.
Messenger service users currently have to be careful. At the end of January, we published a security warning about a WhatsApp worm that spreads via alleged profit notifications.
Further development of the malicious app
Since then, the criminals have significantly improved the malware app. In its latest version, the malware also spreads through other messenger services such as Signal, Telegram, Skype and Viber. In the message sent by infected contacts, the malicious app promises new functions for WhatsApp and a different appearance after clicking the link.
ESET expert Lukas Stefanko recorded a video to document the procedure of the latest variant of the malware.
ESET video on Twitter.com
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