Android users should be wary of messages that are being circulated on WhatsApp and other major messaging apps, and promise to provide a new color theme for WhatsApp. Disguised as an official update for the ubiquitous chat app, the “WhatsApp Pink” theme is actually a variant of malware. The tainted app includes malicious code that allows attackers to fully compromise a device. Most of the infections were reported by WhatsApp users in India.
Once the app is installed on the device, when the user clicks on its icon, the app disappears, claiming that it was never installed. The victim will then receive a message, to which they will have to reply in order to unwittingly cause it to propagate further.
The good news is that Android users that have installed the WhatsApp Pink app can simply remove it from their device.
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