Industry News: Cyber

WhatsApp Hack: Company Urges 1.5 Billion Users to Update App over Security Fears

Written by Cybersecurity | May 21, 2019 3:53:39 PM

2019-05-14

TheTelegraph: WhatsApp has urged users to update their messaging app after concerns were raised that hackers could inject spy software on to phones via the call function. The Facebook-owned company said the spyware was spread by an “advanced cyber actor”, and infected multiple mobile phones using a major vulnerability in the app. The spyware, developed by the secretive Israeli spyware company NSO Group, has the ability to give hackers full access to a phone remotely, allowing them to read messages, see contacts and activate the camera...

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