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A New Digital Threat: Malware Hiding in WhatsApp Images WhatsApp, with its end-to-end encryption and ease of use, has become the go-to communication tool for billions. But as its popularity grows, so does its attractiveness to cybercriminals. A new, particularly stealthy scam is making waves—and it doesn’t even require you to click on a suspicious link. Instead, it hides inside the very thing we trust the most: images. Yes, just opening a seemingly harmless picture sent by an unknown contact can compromise your device. What Makes This Scam So Dangerous? This isn’t your average phishing trick. Cybercriminals have started using…