Detection of a malicious program spread through WhatsApp

Hackers continue to invent new techniques and tricks in order to hack users and access their information and devices, whether it is related to mobile or fixed platforms, and this time a new malicious program has been detected that is transmitted with an innovative fraudulent technology, but it is not new to delude users and in order to spread further

According to the specialized website The Hacker News, citing security researcher Lukas Stefanko of the famous security company "Eset", this malicious computer worm-like program uses the WhatsApp chat and instant messaging application to spread very quickly among users, as it disguises itself in The form of an official application of Huawei in order to attract users to install it on their phones, especially as this is done through a page similar to the Play Store

And after the user has done this, the new malicious program takes advantage of the opportunity to request a number of permissions from users in order to access the phone and obtain the ability to read notifications, and the malicious program continues to work by broadcasting advertisements on the affected phones and then copying this program on new devices from Through the same mechanism of spread, which is WhatsApp