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Mobile Menace Monday: Fake WhatsApp can steal info from your phone

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Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2018 17:00:00 +0000

WhatsApp Plus has the potential to steal information, as it is a variant of Android/PUP.Riskware.Wtaspin.GB, a fake Whatsapp riskware that dates back to mid-2017.

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Phony WhatsApp used Unicode to slip under Google’s radar

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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 17:13:12 +0000

After a troubling week for Google not so long ago, the company is under the spotlight once more for missing a phony Whatsapp that, after further investigation by several members of Reddit, was found laden with adware.

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Beware of the WhatsApp spam message that begins with ‘Have you seen this?’

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Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 08:00:59 +0000

A few days back I received a message from one of my contacts on WhatsApp. The message read, “OMG!! Have you seen this? link” As you may have noticed, the message does not say much but has a link bearing the name of a popular online store. I didn’t click…

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Beware of the new WhatsApp scam that promises FREE internet!

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Scammers never take a day off. And how do we know this? Well, they keep coming up with news ways and means to trick us. A fresh WhatsApp scam is running about and is tricking users with the promise of free Internet. Some WhatsApp users have reported having received a…

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