Fake WhatsApp on Google Play Store: Malicious developers are known to use popular apps to spread malware. Google's official Play Store has proven to be a great breeding ground for these malicious apps.
Yesterday some users saw one fake version of the most popular WhatsApp Messaging app for Android on the official Google Play Store. This particular version has reportedly been downloaded by more than one million users.
It was called Update WhatsApp Messenger, and was uploaded by an app developer who used the real WhatsApp service, “WhatsApp Inc.” as its name.
Yes, she managed to use the same developer title she uses and the actual WhatsArp application on Google Play.
How did he do that? Very simple with a Unicode character.
The malicious developer added a Unicode character after the name WhatsApp Inc., which was invisible to humans. But the computer could "see" in what we see as WhatsApp Inc., the following characters: WhatsApp + Inc% C2% A0.
This hidden character at the end of WhatsApp Inc. has tricked several Google Play Store users.
According Redditors, who discovered this fake application on Friday, the application was not a conversation application, but it promoted advertisements to its victims and encouraged them to download other applications.
Google naturally removed the fake application almost immediately from the official Play Store, but this incident once again highlighted the company's failure to detect a fraud in platform of its apps, even after a million downloads.
Conclusion:
Do not believe announcements like this, because Google can look for ways to protect, but millions of others are looking for ways to bypass each security. You should be very careful with downloading applications not only from third-party stores but also from the official Google Play Store.
