Still another security problem has been found in the encrypted WhatsApp messaging platform. (See https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Aprivacyblog.com+whatsapp&t=brave&ia=web for articles about WhatsApp’s past security issues.) Now a new bug has been disclosed, one that allows an attacker to use a malicious GIF image file to open a vulnerability in WhatsApp and potentially access user content. The bug was identified and shared by “technologist and information security enthusiast” Awakened on Github, with a detailed explanation of how it works.
Details may be found in an article by Zak Doffman in the Forbes web site at: https://tinyurl.com/privacy191003.
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