Beware of stealers disguised as… wedding invitations www.kaspersky.com/blog/tria…

Getting married is certainly one of the most important events in anyone’s life. And in many cultures, it’s customary to invite hundreds of guests to the celebration — including some you barely know. Cybervillains take advantage of such traditions, using wedding invitations as bait to launch attacks on Android smartphone users.

Here’s what threat actors have come up with this time, and how to defeat it.

You may already know about our global threat intelligence network — Kaspersky Security Network (KSN). In 2024, we spotted several suspicious and clearly malicious APK samples circulating in both Malaysia and Brunei. At the same time, social networks were buzzing with Android users of those same countries complaining about having their WhatsApp accounts hacked, or receiving suspicious APKs through WhatsApp or other messenger apps.