WhatsApp urges users to update app after discovering spyware vulnerability | Technology... - 0 views
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WhatsApp is encouraging users to update to the latest version of the app after discovering a vulnerability that allowed spyware to be injected into a user’s phone through the app’s phone call function.
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The spyware was developed by the Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO Group, according to the Financial Times,
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Attackers could transmit the malicious code to a target’s device by calling the user and infecting the call whether or not the recipient answered the call.
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