Hackers are using a fake Android app named 'SafeChat' to infect devices with spyware malware that steals call logs, texts, and GPS locations from phones.

Hackers are using a fake Android app named ‘SafeChat’ to infect devices with spyware malware that steals call logs, texts, and GPS locations from phones.

The Android spyware is suspected to be a variant of “Coverlm,” which steals data from communication apps such as Telegram, Signal, WhatsApp, Viber, and Facebook Messenger.

    • Redex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      Yeah but that wouldn’t solve this issue? The malware stole data from the app on the users device, not from a server.

        • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Did you read the article? Or even the summary. It states that the attack was an Android app names SafeChat that infected the phone and retrieved chat logs, etc.