Tracked as CVE-2019-18426, Facebook has fixed a serious flaw in WhatsApp that would have let cyberthieves read files from a user’s local file system, on macOS and Windows systems. Facebook said: “A vulnerability in WhatsApp Desktop when paired with WhatsApp for iPhone allows cross-site scripting and local file reading. Exploiting Continue Reading
WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption is only safe if you have no encryption keys. But investigators at Check Point Research created a system of determining the encryption keys, a produced a tool to operate messages. The investigators exposed that WhatsApp uses the protobuf2 protocol in its communication. By translating the protobuf2 data Continue Reading
On Tuesday, social media giant Facebook slapped a lawsuit against Israeli firm NSO Group, claiming that the company was actively involved in hacking users of its WhatsApp messaging service. So, now for the first time, an encrypted messaging service provider is suing a private entity that has launched malicious attacks Continue Reading
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