WhatsApp has long been a symbol of some sort of reliability issues or leaks. And here again, data is leaking through it, but this time the messaging service itself is not to blame. This makes it even more desirable to pay attention to the situation and tell how users themselves are the cause of leaks. Interestingly, according to experts in the field of computer security, the phishing campaign is currently aimed at users of this particular application and does not affect those who use something else. Such selectivity seems a little strange, but let’s try to understand what is happening.
WhatsApp is dangerous because almost everyone uses it.
Threat for WhatsApp users
It all starts with the fact that the victim will receive an email, allegedly sent by members of the WhatsApp team. This letter states that you have received some voicemail. Interestingly, hackers assign themselves several verified addresses in order to their messages easily passed through spam filters mail clients.
The email sent by the hackers contains a “play” button that prompts users to listen to the message. To encourage victims to click, hackers display additional information, such as the length of the post. The point of all this is to arouse your interest and make you click on the play button.
Общаться в WhatsApp можно будет не добавляя номер в контакты.
As soon as the user clicks this button, he will automatically redirected to a malicious website. This website will ask you to click “Allow” to confirm that you are not a robot. To many, this seems like a rather banal procedure and they agree to such actions. As a result, attackers can immediately start bombarding your browser with spam, consisting of malicious links, ads, adult sites, and the like. That is, they can immediately start earning income. Actually, some smartphone applications work the same way. They are even on Google Play, and we have already said that you should not blindly install everything in a row and assume that the censors have watched everything.
The WhatsApp app can be dangerous too, but it’s not the culprit right now.
How hackers attack your computer
Then, either in addition to the wave of spam or instead of it (if they decide to be more careful), hackers will take the opportunity to install dangerous malware on your computer. Such Trojans, once installed on your computer, will capture all your personal data. According to Armorbloxmalware extracts data stored on the hard drive or credentials (password and username) from digital wallets.
With this information, hackers can easily steal cryptocurrencies stored in wallets or simply access your bank details. However, you can steal other data that is stored on the computer. For example, social network accounts, bank card numbers, accounts on various sites. All this can be used in different ways, but the main thing is that the attackers will have the data.
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Why are hacker attacks dangerous?
In general, there is nothing new in such attacks. Hackers are constantly hunting for user data. Even if it seems that you have nothing to steal, you are mistaken. FirstlyEveryone has bank accounts. Secondlyeveryone has social networks that can be hacked and send malicious information on behalf of the owner. Thirdlyevery time the login-password pair leaks, you are one step further from security.
Through the computer, you can steal almost all the information about us.
The last paragraph is simple. Most people don’t go to great lengths to set different passwords for different accounts. It turns out that if your login-password leaks, you can put a bot that will go to all sites and sort through such a combination. With a high degree of probability, somewhere these data will coincide. So you can even steal google or apple account and block your devices in order to demand a ransom.
Мнение: почему я считаю, что Telegram лучше WhatsApp. По пунктам.
How to protect yourself from hackers
The moral, as usual, is simple. Do not trust all incoming emails. The hackers chose WhatsApp as almost everyone has it and many of its users are often not very tech-savvy. In fact, the message will come to your phone and no one will send it to you by mail. If you see such a letter, feel free to delete it!
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