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Is it that easy to be hacked with WhatsApp?
by tasssko 7y ago
Is it that easy to be hacked with WhatsApp?
- WilTimSon 7y agoWell, here's a list of known WhatsApp hacks that were revealed in 2019: Call hack [0]: https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-hack-phone-call-voip-buffer-overflow/ https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-hack-phone-call-voip-bu... Video hack [1]: https://thehackernews.com/2019/11/whatsapp-hacking-vulnerability.html https://thehackernews.com/2019/11/whatsapp-hacking-vulnerabi... GIF hack [2]: https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/whatsapp-rce-vulnerability.html https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/whatsapp-rce-vulnerability... That call hack was famously used by NSO, hitting thousands of people [3]: https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/whatsapp-nso-group-malware.html https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/whatsapp-nso-group-malware... Hack that let anyone crash the apps for all members of a group chat [4]: https://thehackernews.com/2019/12/whatsapp-group-crash.html https://thehackernews.com/2019/12/whatsapp-group-crash.html I think I'm actually missing one more. These are just the widely known ones, mind you, and just for 2019.
- TwoBit 7y ago"The flaw (CVE-2019-3568) successfully allowed attackers to silently install the spyware app on targeted phones by merely placing a WhatsApp video call with specially crafted requests, even when the call was not answered." Geez that seems pretty incompetent.
- novaRom 7y agoThese are not hacks, it's called "Backdoor". There are probably tons more hidden backdoors left, we can only speculate. WhatsApp is a private non-open source project.