WhatsApp messenger turned out to be the hero of the news again, however, as it turned out, it was not just another security breach. During the holidays unknown large-scale distribution of messages that contain links to web pages with viruses.
As a result, users can, without wanting the same, subscribe to paid services, "merge" personal data, including bank data, or simply get a virus on their smartphone. Links are reportedly usually masquerading as congratulatory messages. To read the text, please follow the link.
Such a scam has been underway for far from the first year, but many still do not know what it can be fraught with. Given that Whatsapp is the most popular messaging client, this opens up a lot of opportunities for scams.
Messenger developers are currently working on a feature that will automatically delete group messages after a set time. But while it is not there, one can only hope for the attentiveness of users.
Note that WhatsApp has previously been criticized for weak protection. Because of this, it was possible behind users and steal their data. And in the messenger there was an opportunity constant crash in group chat. Only a complete reinstallation of the client helped, but at the same time it was possible to lose the history of correspondence.
Source: 3dnews.ru