An error in WhatsApp that could be exploited by hackers to steal confidential personal data, images and messages from users' smartphones, cybersecurity experts have identified.
ΚAs they pointed out, if users did not detect the virus, hackers could send a malicious video file to the victims' WhatsApp account. Through this video - once users download it, the app does it automatically - hackers can steal information from the device.
A few months after it was revealed that hackers had remotely installed spyware on cell phones and other devices, exploiting a vulnerability in Facebook's WhatsApp messaging app, WhatsApp operators tried to inform him; for system error.
And as they said so far there is no evidence that hackers took advantage of it to steal data. "In this case, there is no reason to believe that users were affected," a WhatsApp spokesman told HackerNews. The bug affects WhatsApp on all major platforms, including Android, iOS and Windows.
Facebook urged users to make sure they have the latest version of the application on their mobile phones and to disable the automatic "download" of image and video folders.
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