These WhatsApp and YouTube apps may DESTROY your phones with spooky Malware
Android phone users are again in great danger from fake apps! This time, a red alert has been issued by Meta for android phone and tablet owners about a new spooky malware hiding in popular apps such as WhatsApp and YouTube. Meta revealed in its recent Quarterly Adversarial Threat Report 2022 that new Dracarys malware is being injected in the cloned version of these popular apps. Not just WhatsApp and YouTube, but even the other instant messaging apps such as Signal, Telegram, and custom chat applications have been the target of online criminals.
The latest report revealed that Dracarys malware, which is named after a Game of Thrones battle cry for dragons, has been rolled out by the Bitter APT hacking group. This hacking group has been carrying out attacks in several countries including the UK, New Zealand, India, and Pakistan. Meta said in the report, "We found Bitter using a new custom Android malware family we named Dracarys. Notably, it used accessibility services, a feature in the Android operating system to assist users with disabilities, to automatically click through and grant the app certain permissions without the user having to do it.”
The Dracarys malware is said to be dangerous for a reason! The malware strain helps the hackers to steal the personal information of the users. The malware is capable of stealing call logs, contact information, files, SMS texts, geo-location as well as device details of the user. It is not the end! This malware is even capable of taking photos secretly and enabling the Android device's microphone and installing apps without the knowledge of the user.
The most dangerous part is that the malware can even bypass the security check and avoid any detection via an anti-virus system.
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