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Kaspersky cybersecurity researchers examined Android instant messaging apps to determine their level of risk to users. Cybercriminals have been known to exploit the popularity of chat apps to launch phishing attacks and scams.
An average of 480 phishing and similar detections occurred per day worldwide. The three countries where the most phishing attacks originate were India (7%), Brazil (17%), and Russia (46%).
WhatsApp is the most popular instant messaging app, and hackers use it the most in their cybercrime activities. The study found that WhatsApp is used in about 89.6% of phishing attacks carried out via instant messages. The reason for this is actually quite obvious, since almost everyone who owns a smartphone uses WhatsApp.
Furthermore, we can see that Telegram is in second place, followed by
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