according to the british newspaper "express", a fake new app disguised as a program for the digital streaming service "netflix" and controlled the accounts of many users "whatsapp", which managed to send messages to your account. friends and family on the famous chat app to steal credit card details.

A new report from "SlashGear" revealed that the threat of a fraudulent Android app has gained access to the APKPure Store, a popular online alternative to the Google Play Store, one of the most popular destinations for Android users looking to download unavailable apps. Or it was banned from the official platform, along with APKMirror and F-Droid.

"The problem with the APKPure store is that developers have fallen victim to malicious code that has been hidden away from the ad software that has been implemented," Kaspersky security researchers said.

speaking about the dangers of this application, the cybersecurity company said: "depending on the version of the operating system, trojan horse can cause different forms of harm to the victim."

APKPure users with current Android versions are often at risk of paid subscriptions and spam ads appearing from anywhere, and smartphone owners with older versions of the operating system, who do not receive security updates, are less fortunate, as malware cannot download apps. Not only additional, but can be installed on the system section as well.

This could eventually cause serious harm to Android users, among them a form of malicious, non-removable Trojan horse virus such as xHelper that can access the device's platform, making it difficult to remove, and the user has only one option, which is to buy a new phone.

The fake app "Netflix Online" allegedly allows users to view digital broadcast network content from several regions around the world on their smartphones for free, without having to pay a subscription, but instead, the malicious app installed software on victims' devices, which in turn began to send responses. Automatically on whatsApp messages they receive, they ask contacts to subscribe to the fake service.