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Kimberly Gedeon

Are you sure that's Telegram? Convincing fake app can steal your login credentials

Faux Telegram app

There's a faux Telegram app masquerading as the real messaging app, and according to researchers at Check Point, it's convincing, too. From the identical launch page to the authentication process, the imposter app flows similarly to the original version. "The user has no reason to suspect anything out of the ordinary is happening on the device," the Check Point report said.

Unfortunately, this Telegram app can fool the best of us, and according to Check Point, once it gets a hold of your device, it can unleash malware hell on your Android phone via a trojan called "Triada."

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