Reefa Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Quote Recently HackRead’s Ryan received a message on WhatsApp from one of his contacts during a group chat. The message asked him to click on a link in order to get the secretly released Gold version for WhatsApp. The message also encouraged him and others in the group to install the gold version as it’s only for big celebrities. But the good thing about being a security editor is that one does a background check before falling for such scams and as expected it turned out to be a malware scam. According to HackRead’s research, it was revealed that the message contained a link with domain address: Goldenversion (dot) com (domain has been deleted now) which was registered on May 08, 2016 2016 according to Who.is. Upon clicking, users were asked to click on installation link and send the Gold version invitation to friends to force innocent users into installing it. The cyber criminals also mentioned a list of additional features exclusively available for Gold Version’s users such as video calling, profile visitor checker, sending more than 10 picture files at once, delete sent messages, change themes and even the end to end encryption feature. This scam worked as a never ending cycle which probably infected users with malware, stole their financial info and invited other friends to install the same malware program. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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