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Kimberly Gedeon

Free chat apps were caught stealing users' WhatsApp data — delete them before you're next

Thief climbing out of phone with WhatsApp data

Your WhatsApp backup data, and other sensitive information you'd hate to have snatched, is jeopardy if you have certain chat apps on your Android phone. ESET researchers discovered a revamped version of GravityRAT spyware embedded in two messaging platforms.

This campaign was likely ongoing since August 2022. On the plus side, the campaign for one app is no longer active, but the campaign for the other is "still going," according to an ESET report.

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