Users of Telegram and Signal, two instant messaging apps popular for their emphasis on privacy, are being targeted with novel malware on the Android platform. This is according to new findings from cybersecurity researchers ESET. In a report shared with The Hacker News earlier this week, the researchers said that the threat actor, which they track as GREF, created fake applications that either impersonated Signal and Telegram or posed as “plus” or “premium” versions. While these apps were mostly distributed through dedicated websites, they even made it into Android’s official app repository – Google Play Store – as well as…