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Hackers steal Signal, WhatsApp user data with fake Android chat app (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Wait it isn't? Are you telling me all the SMS I have received were sent into the pitch black abyss?

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007321171-Can-I-send-SMS-MMS-with-Signal-#:~:text=SMS%20is%20not%20secure%20or%20private%2C%20and%20that,anyone%20snooping%20on%20your%20traffic%20could%20read%20them.

SMS was supported back when I was on android, roughly a year ago, since it handled all of my texting (signal or standard) but it was already broken up in iOS at that point, and they were dropping support for SMS on android (announced October 2022).

[–] pumpsnabben@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I lost SMS support this spring, Signal posted about this in October 2022. I'm on Android and PC.