Hackers are using a fake Android app named 'SafeChat' to infect devices with spyware malware that steals call logs, texts, and GPS locations from phones.

Hackers are using a fake Android app named ‘SafeChat’ to infect devices with spyware malware that steals call logs, texts, and GPS locations from phones.

The Android spyware is suspected to be a variant of “Coverlm,” which steals data from communication apps such as Telegram, Signal, WhatsApp, Viber, and Facebook Messenger.

  • CarlosCheddar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    07·
    1 year ago

    As much as I love the decision to be able to sideload apps on iOS I fear that we’ll start seeing headlines like these.

    • pumpsnabben@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      What do you mean? Similar vulnerabilities/apps/phishing has been available on iOS since at least 2020.

    • DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      1 year ago

      They are way less than Android and Apple revokes the app certificate so even the downloaded ones stop to work.

      Also the rare cases this happened in iOS the number of affected users were way small

      This is a bad whatabotism since the scale is completely different and I really fear side loading. Specially because some developers will force users to get stuff outside the App Store putting everyone in risk.