Researchers at Check Point discovered a vulnerability in the WhatsApp messenger, which allowed an attacker to disrupt the application of all participants in the selected chat by simply sending a malicious message to the group. The victims had to delete and download the messenger again, but even this did not make it possible to return to the chat. In the end, you have to delete … [Read more...] about A bug in WhatsApp allowed to provoke a malfunction and data loss
WhatsApp could remotely compromise a user’s device
WhatsApp recently eliminated a critical error, by which attackers could remotely compromise a device and steal protected chat messages and files. The vulnerability has the identifier CVE-2019-11931 and represents a stack buffer overflow problem. The error occurred due to the fact that WhatsApp parsed the elementary metadata stream in MP4 files. This gave attackers the … [Read more...] about WhatsApp could remotely compromise a user’s device
Facebook sues spyware maker due to exploitation of WhatsApp vulnerability
Facebook has filed a lawsuit against the Israeli company NSO Group, which is engaged in the development and sale of espionage solutions and the so-called "legal malware". NSO Group was founded in 2010 and since then has been developing various legal malware, which, along with exploits for various 0-days, it sells to governments and special services around the world. NSO … [Read more...] about Facebook sues spyware maker due to exploitation of WhatsApp vulnerability