Blurred Chats, Bigger Risks

The article warns of a self‑propagating Android worm that spreads through WhatsApp by auto‑replying to contacts with malicious links (often disguised as new features), enabling credential theft and interception of SMS two‑factor codes; it emphasises that social trust and "context collapse" on chat platforms make these attacks effective and recommends treating chat apps as business channels, training users on suspicious messages, and enforcing out‑of‑band verification.