WhatsApp-targeting malware discovered on counterfeit Android smartphones

[Jan]

WhatsApp-spying virus found infesting knock-off Android smartphones

Doctor Web security researchers have identified at least four counterfeit Android smartphones with trojan malware in the system partition that targets WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business.

“These trojans target arbitrary code execution in the WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business messaging apps and can potentially be used in different attack scenarios.”

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

another reason to root first and ask questions later

with a Decent ROM you eliminate this sort of risk.

 

[LCBXX]

How shocking that a counterfeit device is seeded with malware!

 

[GC180]

another reason to root first and ask questions later

with a Decent ROM you eliminate this sort of risk.

The sort of people who buy these phones probably can't even spell R-O-M.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Point us to the ROM for any of these models. Youre making no sense

lineage OS, possible