Eric Parker (@EricParker): "PSA: APKPure is distributing a malicious copy of Telegram." | XCancel

Eric Parker

@EricParker

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PSA: APKPure is distributing a malicious copy of Telegram.

May 24, 2026 · 4:54 AM UTC

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Ginko@fles_on

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Allow me to see the signature please?

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Eric Parker

@EricParker

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bazaar.abuse.ch/sample/7d44e…

MalwareBazaar - Telegram_12.6.5_APKPure.apk

Threat intel on Telegram_12.6.5_APKPure.apk (MD5 78336a1c63ba008af99fd984ef8f2775)

bazaar.abuse.ch

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ÆRO@Aerodov3

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APKPure always seems a bit fishy, that's why I always use APKMirror to download APKs.

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Tushar Gupta@TusharG21203808

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It's so nice of them to name the class as is. Not trying to hide the malicious class or anything.

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Harshvardhan Joshi

@decent_geek

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Not Pure APK then??😅

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flint@flinthedino

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i really didn't reallu trusted apkpure

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jonan.hl@0xJonan

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the bigger crime here is not using a base URL variable

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josh@xcopydotexe

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"class DataCollector"

could they have made this any more obvious

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mystie 🐶🌸@mystieiseepy

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>called "apkpure"<br>>looks inside<br>>not pure

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Max T@MaxTCodes

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W Eric for exposing this 🙏🙏

Although the light mode is a bold choice… idk if I can support that 👀

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salabajo@salabajo

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They started to share modded apks a while ago, tyre not so pure anymore

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zodttd

@zodttd

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As opposed to the malicious official Telegram

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Eugene Skyfarer@EugeneSkyfarer

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What about apkmirror? Its safe right? Right?

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DioEgizio@RealDioEgizio

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WOW they're not trustable anymore. anyways if you need a telegram apk get telegram direct from the official site

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fäg@earith32

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Shit.. I often update whatsapp to a newer beta releases without beta program through apkpure.

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🇪🇬@l43539

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Always check the hash if it matches the original release unless you're expecting a modified version

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𝕯𝖗𝖆𝖞𝖓𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍𝖙

@phveektordrayne

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Safe to say that APKPure never truly distribute clean codes normally

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Khô gà ngon vãi l@gnihc42

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Man I just got strava from this shitty side this week

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mg95@TheMG95

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augh do i really have to manually extract apks now...

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gabe@thesomewhatyou

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not surprising but most people will probably flock to apkpure to get telegram which is awfully concerning

ALT The Noli Show Forsaken GIF

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Duck Me Silly

@duckmesillybaby

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...Why the fuck would you download telegram off of that, instead of the store?

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🎀 SuperQAxClub 🎀@SuperQAxClub

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And people blame google for making android harder to install apk

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daniel@mintdaniel42_

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Every version of Telegram is malicious lol

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rvlGakuen@rvlGakuen

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lmao @apkpure

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kymu

@kymu___

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are you surprised lol

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scyn@scyntipede

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apkmirror better

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suede@suedeeeeeeee

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what would you even need a modded telegram for.

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🇪🇬@l43539

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Someone ddos this ip

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KM 🥷@Khaymll

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Don't all cracked apps

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CrazyRuckusN64

@CrazyRuckusN64

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speaking of telegram....

Telegram Messenger

@telegram

May 22

stop sending me nudes @grok I'm at work 😫😫😫

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CarlTheSkunk@sukankunokaru

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haven’t heard that name in years….

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