Italian spyware firm SIO (via subsidiary Asigint) cloned WhatsApp for iOS to infect ~200 users, mostly in Italy. The fake app was laced with surveillance tools for law enforcement and intelligence agencies. SIO was previously linked to the Spyrtacus spyware family targeting Android. Same company, same playbook, now on iOS. Spyware companies cloning mainstream apps for government contracts is a business model thriving in regulatory darkness.
#Spyware #WhatsApp #Surveillance #Italy #Cybersecurity
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/whatsapp-alerts-200-users-after-fake.html
Microsoft warns of a WhatsApp malware campaign distributing VBS scripts that install MSI backdoors, using renamed Windows tools, cloud-hosted droppers and UAC bypass to gain persistent remote access. Read more: https://www.heise.de/en/news/WhatsApp-malware-campaign-installs-backdoors-11244368.html 🚨🔒 #cybersecurity #WhatsApp #infosec
Microsoft warnt: Eine WhatsApp‑Malware‑Kampagne verschickt VBS‑Skripte, die mehrstufig Backdoors installieren und unsignierte MSI‑Installer (z. B. AnyDesk) nachladen — Windows‑Desktop‑Nutzer besonders gefährdet. Maßnahmen: Scripting blocken, Cloud‑Traffic überwachen. ⚠️🔒📩 #Cybersecurity #WhatsApp #Malware https://www.heise.de/news/WhatsApp-Malware-Kampagne-installiert-Backdoors-11244177.html
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“WhatsApp accused Italian spyware maker SIO of creating a fake version of its messaging app for iPhones, according to an announcement the company shared with TechCrunch.
“Our security team proactively identified around 200 users primarily in Italy who we believe may have downloaded this malicious unofficial client,” WhatsApp said in its statement. “We have logged them out, alerted [them] to the risks to their privacy and security that come with downloading fake unofficial clients, and encouraged them to remove it and download the official WhatsApp app.”
WhatsApp spokesperson Margarita Franklin told TechCrunch that, at this point, the company cannot share more information about the users it notified, such as whether they were journalists or members of civil society.
“Our priority has been protecting the users who may have been tricked into downloading this fake iOS app,” said Franklin.”
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Court dismisses former WhatsApp security chief’s lawsuit against Meta https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/02/whatsapp-meta-lawsuit-dismissed #Technology #Whatsapp #Meta #UsNews
📰 La chat di una classe alle elementari finisce dal Garante della privacy. «Messaggi diffusi senza consenso»
#️⃣ #ATTUALIT #Privacy #Scuola #WhatsApp #OpenOnline #TheLabSocial #News #Notizie #Italia
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🇫🇷 Cet après-midi, j'ai reçu une invitation par courriel pour rejoindre un groupe WhatsApp d'amateurs de trains. Invitation que j'ai bien entendu déclinée et ai écrit à l'initiateur du projet en lui disant tout le mal que je pensais de cette idée. Ce n'est pas comme si les alternatives n'existaient pas...
Après tous les scandales, après tout ce que l'on voit dans le chef des géants de la tech, après les vols de données, les escroqueries en tout genre sur les plateformes de Meta, je n'arrive pas à comprendre qu'il y ait encore des personnes qui restent/sont sur ces plateformes? Est-ce de la fainéantise? Est-ce de l'ignorance? Est-ce du je m'en-foutisme?
🇬🇧 This afternoon, I received an invitation by E-Mail to join a WhatsApp group for Railway enthusiasts. I declined the invitation of couse and wrote to the initiator of that project explaining him how bad I found his idea. It is not as there weren't alternatives...
After all the scandals, after all we see in the behaviour of the tech giants, the stealing of personal data and other scams on Meta platforms, I can't understand that people still going/staying on those platforms? Is it laziness? Is it ignorance? is it a form of "I don't care"?
#humeur #opinion #reflexions #WhatsApp
WhatsApp malware campaign installs backdoors (heise.de)
https://www.heise.de/en/news/WhatsApp-malware-campaign-installs-backdoors-11244368.html
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holy fuck! 😳
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The original story was posted yesterday:
Tech Crunch: WhatsApp notifies hundreds of users who installed a fake app made by government spyware maker https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/01/whatsapp-notifies-hundreds-of-users-who-installed-a-fake-app-that-was-actually-government-spyware/ @TechCrunch @lorenzofb
Betanews: Spyware outfit caught leveraging fake version of WhatsApp to target users https://betanews.com/article/spyware-outfit-caught-leveraging-fake-version-of-whatsapp-to-target-users/ @betanews @sofia_w_w #infosec #WhatsApp #spyware #Meta
Android-Rootkit „NoVoice“: Über 50 Play-Store-Apps kompromittierten Millionen Geräte
Achtphasiger Angriffsprozess
Die als „Operation NoVoice“ bezeichnete Kampagne nutzte 22 bekannte Sicherheitslücken aus, erlangte Root-Rechte auf betroffenen Geräten und war in der Lage, WhatsApp-Sitzungen vollständig zu klonen.
#android #rootkit #whatsapp #googleplay