Fake WhatsApp στο Google Play Store: Είναι γνωστό ότι οι κακόβουλοι προγραμματιστές χρησιμοποιούν δημοφιλείς εφαρμογές για να διαδώσουν malware. Το επίσημο Play Store της Google έχει αποδειχθεί ότι είναι ένας εξαιρετικός χώρος διάδοσης αυτών των κακόβουλων εφαρμογών.
Yesterday some users saw a 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 it was uploaded by an app developer who used like name the real WhatsApp service, “WhatsApp Inc.”
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 marked the company's failure to detect a scam in its application platform, even after a million downloads.
Conclusion:
Don't believe announcements like the one above, because Google may be looking for ways to protect, but millions of others are looking for ways to bypass every better safetys. You should be very careful with it λήψη applications not only from third-party stores, but also from the official Google Play Store.