India among top three countries facing phishing attacks via WhatsApp and Telegram, reveals report

India is among the top three countries facing phishing attacks primarily via instant mobile messaging apps like Facebook-owned WhatsApp and highly-encrypted Telegram, a new report revealed on Wednesday.

The biggest share of detected malicious links between December 2020 and May were sent via WhatsApp (89.6 per cent), followed by Telegram (5.6 per cent), according to data shared by Kaspersky Internet Security for Android, part of the cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab.

Messaging app Viber was in third place with a share of 4.7 per cent and Hangouts had less than one per cent share.