A chat app that claims to be secure has been found to be an instrumental part of a long-running cyber-espionage campaign believed to be based in the Middle East. Researchers at ESET said claims that Android app Welcome Chat and the website promoting and distributing the app are both secure “couldn’t be further from the truth.” While functioning as a communication app, Welcome Chat was found to simultaneously be serving as spyware, harvesting data for a campaign with links to threat group Gaza Hacker, also known as Molerats.

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