Locating in the contact list of the user by luring free mobile!

A new malware has come on Whatsapp. This has been spread with the aim of earning money through advertisement, but a security researcher says that people who spread it can steal the user’s personal or financial information through it. This malware comes through a message. A link has been given in this message, which on clicking opens a fake Google Play page of Huawei Cellular App. As soon as it is installed, malware also comes to the user’s mobile. The dangerous thing is that this malware achieves access to the user’s contact list and sends messages to its WhatsApp contact without the user.

Malware researcher Lukas Stefanko (@lukasstefanko), who works for ESET, shared a video, clearly shown how this malware works. First of all, the user will get a message, which will be lured to win the mobile for free and will also include a link in the message. Now if the user clicks on this link in greed, a fake Google Play page of Huawei Cellular App will open in the browser. This page resembles the Google Play Games. If the user downloads and installs this app, you like this app also ask the user many access to the phone. It takes possession of your phone as soon as it accesses. Stefanko has called this malware ‘Bug’.

Researcher says that this WhatsApp Malware is designed in such a way that it uses the Quick Reply feature of Android. This means that as soon as you get a WhatsApp message, this malware will reply to that message itself and you will not even know. This message will also have a free mobile winning text and the same link will be included. If the reason is that this malware is becoming increasingly viral. Lukas says that this malware is sending messages every one hour.

Not only this, Stefanko believes that at the moment this malware has been spread with the aim of earning money only by showing advertisements, but it can also be used to get the user’s personal and financial information.