WhatsApp’s Cloned App Claimed to be Spying on People’s Chats in India

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India is among the countries with highest number of Android trojan detections and a cloned.

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Third-party unofficial version of WhatsApp is leading in spying on people's chats in the country, a report has warned.

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Behind a large portion of Android spyware detection in the past four months was 'GB WhatsApp'.

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'GB WhatsApp - a popular but cloned third-party version of WhatsApp, according to the report by cyber-security firm ESET.

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Such malicious apps have a wide range of spying capabilities, including recording audio and video.

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The cloned app is not available on Google Play and, therefore, there are no security checks in place compared with the legitimate WhatsApp.

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India (35 per cent) was also ranked second after China (53 per cent) as the geolocation for bots.

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Making up the largest internet of things (IoT) botnet called 'Mozi' from May to August 2022.

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China and India continued to have the highest number of IoT bots geolocated inside the respective countries.

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