{"id":3897,"date":"2025-02-07T17:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/deepseek-app-exposes-user-device-data-without-encryption\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:02:14","slug":"deepseek-app-exposes-user-device-data-without-encryption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/deepseek-app-exposes-user-device-data-without-encryption\/","title":{"rendered":"DeepSeek App Exposes User, Device Data Without Encryption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>DeepSeek iOS App Under Attack: Malicious Attacks and Phishing Schemes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Ravie Lakshmanan, February 7, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-author\">\n  <i class=\"icon-font icon-calendar\">\ue802<\/i><br \/>\n  <span class=\"author\">Feb 07, 2025<\/span><br \/>\n  <i class=\"icon-font icon-user\">\ue804<\/i><br \/>\n  <span class=\"author\">Ravie Lakshmanan<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"p-tags\">Mobile Security \/ Artificial Intelligence<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgE3vY3R2OtrX1tKEjWavET-Vgs4a7DM_adgg14YlWBO1kGLa1rjjhVQG9Mf6DeeCFTXKxal-pNLjzFtLBNJJ1XL_1si-arFZ3dLjeEsjgBY37n8mBLUiMohaS5BvLXYdTRDi3NtNssJ13MHLmMb8JedhtgO-_MqkkUPUWZIVeedsyKcb8mN06HKO_GgSOo\/s728-rw-e365\/deepseek-ios-app.png\" style=\"display: block;  text-align: center; clear: left; float: left;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>The DeepSeek iOS app has been under attack from malicious actors, with Chinese cybersecurity firm XLab reporting sustained distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks originating from Mirai botnets hailBot and RapperBot late last month.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, cybercriminals are wasting no time to capitalize on the hype surrounding DeepSeek to set up lookalike pages that propagate malware, fake investment scams, and fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay Ahead of the Threats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter <i class=\"icon-font icon-twitter\">\uf099<\/i> and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"cf note-b\">Found this article interesting?  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