# Love? Actually: Fake dating app used as lure in targeted spyware campaign in Pakistan

DevFeed: [Love? Actually: Fake dating app used as lure in targeted spyware campaign in Pakistan](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/love-actually-fake-dating-app-used-as-lure-in-targeted-spyware-campaign-in-pakistan-8375.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/love-actually-fake-dating-app-used-lure-targeted-spyware-campaign-pakistan/>)

Author: Lukas Stefanko

Published: 2026-01-28T09:59:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [WeLiveSecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/welivesecurity.md>)

Topics: [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/attacks.md>), [clickfix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickfix.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [eset-research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eset-research.md>), [monitor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitor.md>), [pakistan](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pakistan.md>), [scam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scam.md>), [social-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-engineering.md>), [whatsapp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/whatsapp.md>)

## AI overview

ESET describes GhostChat, an Android spyware app that poses as a dating chat platform to target people in Pakistan. Its hardcoded profile passcodes create a false sense of exclusivity while the app surveils devices and exfiltrates data; the investigation also links the activity to ClickFix and WhatsApp account-compromise attacks.

## Source excerpt

ESET researchers discover an Android spyware campaign targeting users in Pakistan via romance scam tactics, revealing links to a broader spy operation