EFF: What You Need to Know About the Latest WhatsApp Vulnerability
What You Need to Know About the Latest WhatsApp Vulnerability If you are one of WhatsApp’s billion-plus users, you may have read that on Monday the company announced that it had found a vulnerability. This vulnerability allowed an attacker to remotely upload malicious code onto a phone by sending packets of data that look like phone calls from a number not in your contacts list. These repeated calls then cause WhatsApp to crash. This is a particularly scary vulnerability because the does not require that the user pick up the phone, click a link, enter their login credentials, or interact in any way. Fortunately, the company fixed the vulnerability on the server side over the weekend and rolled out a patch for the client side on Monday. What does that mean for you? First and foremost, it means today is a good day to make sure that you are running the latest version of WhatsApp. Until you update your software, your phone may still be vulnerable to this exploit. Are you likely t...