Why they ask your number? To subscribe on premium services that will cost money and to send you spam. To download the supposed desktop version you need to inform your mobile number: Here a website offer a version of “WhatsApp Plus” for installation:Īnd here the “WhatsApp Spy” targeting Spanish-speaking countries: There are also some unofficial desktop versions of WhatsApp circulating among speakers of Arabic and Spanish. You do not need a Chrome extension to use WhatsApp Web… However, other bad guys decided to prepare a nice design and ask users to install a suspicious Chrome extension that had nothing to do with WhatsApp: Some were already in use and others were waiting their owners’ command, such as, spreading Brazilian Trojan bankers (b93417abdc82cf79d79b737b61744353 and 9f485efea5c20b821e9522e3b4aa0e11): We found several malicious domains registered to be used in these attacks. “WhatsApp for your PC” is now real, but this link is malware
In Brazil, for example, we soon saw messages like this: Fake downloads appeared in several languages and countries, and now there is a real product out there the fraudsters have returned to their old attacks, dressed them up in new clothes and sent them on the prowl for new victims. In fact we’ve been seeing malicious messages about a supposed desktop WhatsApp long before the app added that platform to its repertoire. However, it wasn’t just users who were waiting – cybercriminals were quick to start using this new feature in their attacks, aiming to spread malware and infect users. There is no doubt WhatsApp is among the most popular mobile IMs nowadays – its 700 million users worldwide were eagerly awaiting this week’s promised desktop version.
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