Dangerous vulnerabilities in WhatsApp allowed compromising millions of users

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 remotely steal files from computers running Windows or macOS. “I really wanted to find a major security flaw in a… Continue reading Dangerous vulnerabilities in WhatsApp allowed compromising millions of users

An attacker in a WhatsApp group chat could disable messengers of other participants

Do you like chatting in groups of interest? Are you smiling or shivering when in a group chat from your child’s kindergarten or school class new messages arrive? You are in danger! The recently discovered dangerous vulnerability allows any member of a group chats to disable WhatsApp on the devices of all other participants using… Continue reading An attacker in a WhatsApp group chat could disable messengers of other participants