The probability of becoming a victim of a phishing attack via Google Hangouts is less than 1%. Phishing attacks on Telegram are at a rate of 5.6%, while attacks on Viber are at a rate of 4.7%.
However, compared to WhatsApp, the rates of phishing attempts made through these apps are extremely low. The reason for this is actually quite obvious, since almost everyone who owns a smartphone uses WhatsApp.įurthermore, we can see that Telegram is in second place, followed by Viber, which is in third place, and Google Hangouts in the last place. The study found that WhatsApp is used in about 89.6% of phishing attacks carried out via instant messages. WhatsApp is the most popular instant messaging app, and hackers use it the most in their cybercrime activities. The three countries where the most phishing attacks originate were India (7%), Brazil (17%), and Russia (46%). The company’s default setting is end-to-end encryption, as is the setting to not automatically. Cybercriminals have been known to exploit the popularity of chat apps to launch phishing attacks and scams.Īn average of 480 phishing and similar detections occurred per day worldwide. Viber, on the other hand, doesn’t send any user data to other applications or organizations. Kaspersky cybersecurity researchers examined Android instant messaging apps to determine their level of risk to users.
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