Security News > 2021 > April > WhatsApp Pink malware can now auto-reply to your Signal, Telegram texts
WhatsApp malware dubbed WhatsApp Pink has now been updated with advanced capabilities that let this counterfeit Android app automatically respond to your Signal, Telegram, Viber, and Skype messages.
WhatsApp Pink refers to a counterfeit app that appeared this week, primarily targeting WhatsApp users in the Indian subcontinent.
Over the weekend, security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia warned WhatsApp users of a new malware circulating via WhatsApp group messages that contain links to scam sites.
"WhatsApp Pink is an updated version of the WhatsApp auto-reply worm we wrote about in January," said ESET malware researcher, Lukas Stefanko.
Although end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram protect communications and messages in transit, like any end-to-end encrypted system, the data at rest can itself be accessible to the person holding the device, or applications running on the device.
Users who have downloaded the WhatsApp Pink app can remove it from the Settings and the App Manager submenu, and should ideally scan their Android device with a mobile antivirus solution to ensure the malware removal has succeeded.