WhatsApp Fake Website Drops Malware, Targeting MacOS and Windows OS

Whats App Fake Website Drops Malware, Targeting Mac OS and Windows OS

Highlight

• Fake Whats App website targeting the Mac OS and Windows and steal the data
• Hackers drops RAT (Remote Access Trojan) as a final stage
• This fake website has been visited by 300 visitors

According to the CYWARE, a hackers news website many people came to know that the there are many fake whats app websites which shows that its a official website of whats app and people will believe on those websites and download whats app from there, in return their data would be steal and in today's time data is power not weapon is power. It can be all done because the firmware or structure of the fake websites are same as the official website and also many people do not pay attention over the link given below and can download from any unofficial site due to which data can be steal.

About The Case

Many Cyber Security specialist or man researchers came to know that the attackers are distributing Malware through their fake or malicious websites to infect Mac operating system ans Windows operating system. This malicious website has been visited by over 300 visitors today. 

Attack can be done in a manner that whenever we go to their websites than the can finally dropped RAT which is a type of virus named Remote Access Trojan. It is a Trojan virus and control by remote and we all know that how much Trojan will be dangerous.

Result

• From the research the malicious code embedded in a fake websites detects for both the operating systems whether it is Mac OS or Windows.

• If the Os is Mac OS, then malware would be dubbed as 'Mac.BackDoor.Siggen.20' and get dropped into a victim's system via the fake Whats App official website.

• If the Os is Window OS, then malware would be dubbed as 'BackDoor.Wirenet.517' and get dropped into a victim's system via the fake Whats App official website.

• After which ,RAT virus is dropped into the victim's system and takes over the machine remotely and performs various malicious activities.

Do Not Take Tension

According to the researcher the noticed that the Remote Access Trojan is signed with a valid digital certificate and this type of malware has not been used for large campaign. So do not take worry of anything and enjoy your official whats app.