WhatsApp currently has problems with the distribution of false information, in very large quantities, and not only with regard to the Coronavirus, but also with regard to another older attack, which has now returned. I'm talking about the fact that in the messaging platform WhatsApp, an old attack against users has started to spread again, based on WhatsApp Gold, a so-called "special" version of the application, which actually only brings malware.
WhatsApp has this attack spread again today through messages telling people that they can install this "special" version of WhatsApp Gold on their phones, with the messages also having links inserted into them. Of course, those links direct WhatsApp users to malicious websites that host applications full of malware that can extract data from phones, fill them with ads, or block them and demand money to unlock them.
WhatsApp: New Serious WARNING for All Phones
WhatsApp had this attack appear out of the blue several times in the last two years, and all without Facebook doing anything to stop its reappearance, at least by blocking words on the platform. Of course, many have fallen prey to hackers who infected their phones with the "special" version of the WhatsApp application, but most of them don't even know when the hackers get access to their phones, and this is the biggest problem behind these attacks.
WhatsApp it is the target of attacks like the one with WhatsApp Gold because there are still a lot of gullible people who believe in the false information that is distributed on aclo, and install anything on their phone. The good part is that iPhones are not affected by this problem with the WhatsApp attack because installing third-party applications is very complicated, and phones cannot be infected with malware that can extract data from them, or block them completely.
WhatsApp it can be a source of infection for those with Android, whose phones can be exploited very easily by third-party applications of this kind tricked from malicious websites, so be very careful.
