Android users have been placed on red alert after the discovery of a new threat that is fully capable of hacking phones and pinching private WhatsApp messages. The worrying attack, which was discovered by the security team at ESET, allows hackers to install a trojan called GravityRAT onto Android phones.
Once downloaded, cyber crooks can then set about stealing data including chats stored in WhatsApp backups. This is concerning as backups is where full chat history is stored meaning online crooks could read every message ever sent via the service.
Not only that but files can also be deleted remotely without the phone owner giving permission or realising that data has been removed.
