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Craig Hale

Fake Android chat app lets hackers steal Signal, WhatsApp user data

Person holding down the power and volume down button on an Android phone

Experts have raised the alarm about yet another case of Android malware under the cover of a dodgy app, this time spreading across South Asian countries.

According to cybersecurity company Cyfirma, the “dummy chatting app” which goes by the name Safe Chat on victims’ devices is said to have higher levels of permissions compared with another similar instance of malware that it has been compared to.

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