Fake WhatsApp app – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 11:41:56 +0000

A couple of fake WhatsApp apps found their way into the Google Play Store. These apps’ pages , names and developer title ‘WhatsApp Inc.’ look similar to the ones of the original WhatsApp app. Quick Heal Security Labs ran an analysis on these apps and this post outlines the results….

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Fake WhatsApp App downloaded over 1 million times on Google Play

November 6, 2017 admin Fake WhatsApp app, Mobile Security, phishing, Security, WhatsApp, WhatsApp scam

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:24:07 +0000

Just last week, more than 1 million Android users downloaded a fake WhatsApp app from the Google Play Store. The app (removed now) went by the name ‘Update WhatsApp Messenger’. As you may notice in the image below, the developer title is ‘WhatsApp Inc.’ which is the same one used…

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