CanesSpy Spyware discovered in modified WhatsApp clients

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https://securelist.com/spyware-whatsapp-mod/110984/

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a number of WhatsApp mods for Android that come fitted with a spyware module dubbed CanesSpy.

These modified versions of the instant messaging app have been observed propagated via sketchy websites advertising such software as well as Telegram channels used primarily by Arabic and Azerbaijani speakers, one of which boasts 2 million users.

"The trojanized client manifest contains suspicious components (a service and a broadcast receiver) that cannot be found in the original WhatsApp client," Kaspersky security researcher Dmitry Kalinin said.

Story via CanesSpy Spyware Discovered in Modified WhatsApp Versions

Source: Analysis of a spy module inside a WhatsApp mod

 

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This is why WhatsApp tells it's users NOT to download modified version, or from unknown sources.