Clicking WhatsApp links making users vulnerable to cybercrime

By Prempal Singh 0 Comment November 26, 2016  about cyber crime, cyber cell, cyber crime cases, cyber crime cell, cyber crime eassy, cyber crime in india, Cyber Crime India, cyber crime investigation, cyber crime law, cyber crime means, cyber crime ppt, cyber crimes, cyber law, cyber police, cyber security, Cyber Security Blog, Cyber Security News, Cyber Security Tutorials, cybercrime, cybercrime complaint, Cyberops, fake links, hacking, hacking news, hacking tutorials, how to, how to change whatsapp language, how to hack whatsapp account, how to send whatsapp link, links, types of cyber crime, video feature in whatsapp, what is cyber crime, whats app hacked, whatsapp, whatsapp account

Warning to all WhatsApp users across the globe, a report declared that clicking on the links circulated on instant messages software may expose and make them vulnerable to cyber-attacks. According to a report in the sun newspaper, cyber-terrorist are using simple methods to fool people into visiting booby-trapped websites and then fleecing them.

Lately, Whatsapp rolled out video-calling and scammers are taking the good thing about this new feature as a catch to tempt people to their trap. Video calling download links shared on WhatsApp messages take users to malicious websites.

“If you receive a message requesting you to “activate” the function by visiting a website, ensure you don’t click it. Everyone who is tricked into visiting the danger pages could conclude being targeted by digital criminals, ” the statement stated.

Earlier this month, announcing that India now has practically 160 million monthly active users, WhatsApp launched a video phoning feature here which was rolled out globally. The feature is available on all platforms — Google android, iOS and Windows. A person does not need to go to any links to download the feature. Your software store should receive an update from WhatsApp with the new feature.

Source: indianexpress.com