More than one million people downloaded a fake WhatsApp application last week, but that was just the tip of a dirty iceberg, according to security researchers who've been warning about the problem for years. Not long after and there is a new bulk of fake WhatsApp apps uploaded today to @GooglePlay with lot of fake reviews. But looking at fake apps today, they no longer ask for excessive permissions, instead pushing ads and in some cases asking for a simple donation via PayPal. "Anything related with WhatsApp moves huge numbers in Google Play." There are some references in the slew of fake WhatsApps to Jombang, a regency of East Java, Indonesia, de los Santos noted.

Source: Forbes November 06, 2017 15:01 UTC