Vulnerabilities in WhatsApp Archives

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Dangerous bug in WhatsApp could lead to disclosure of user data

ByVladimir KrasnogolovySeptember 3, 2021

Check Point specialists spoke about a dangerous bug they discovered in the WhatsApp image processing function, which could lead to the disclosure of user data. The problem helped to disable the application, in addition, by applying certain filters to a specially created

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Google Search Indexes WhatsApp Private Groups

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyFebruary 24, 2020

Google search engine indexes invitations to WhatsApp groups (including links to private groups), which makes them visible and accessible to any user who wants to join the group. The journalist Jordan Wildon drew attention to the problem. He found that the WhatsApp “Invite to

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyFebruary 5, 2020

Security researcher Gal Weizman from PerimeterX disclosed technical details of a number of dangerous vulnerabilities (united under the common identifier CVE-2019-18426) found in the desktop version of the WhatsApp messenger. Using these vulnerabilities, attackers could