![]() ![]() The site has been deemed malicious on Virustotal This website tries to convince the user to ignore that warning and states that WhatsApp update is completely safe to install: Installation of apps from unknown sources is blocked by default on Android devices, as a result whenever an apk file is downloaded the user is shown a warning stating that it might be dangerous to install said app. This fake updater app (at the time of writing this blog) is hosted on android-updatenet/whatsapp-update.apk. As expected this app simply uses WhatsApp as a disguise to hide its spyware capabilities. Anyone with basic security awareness will quickly point that there is no separate app to update WhatsApp as clearly stated on the WhatsApp FAQ. SonicWall Capture Labs threats researchers observed an interesting Android sample that passes itself as a WhatsApp Updater app. ![]()
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