WHATSAPP users have been alerted to two major vulnerabilities that could expose them to cyber crooks. According to hacking news website GBHackers, two bugs discovered by researchers could let attac…
WHATSAPP users have been alerted to two major vulnerabilities that could expose them to cyber crooks., two bugs discovered by researchers could let attackers take control of people's accounts.WhatsApp has fixed the two "critical" security threats, which affect both the Android and iOS versions of the chat app."Both vulnerabilities are marked under 'critical' severity ... and were found by the WhatsApp internal security team," GBHackers wrote.
They added that hackers could exploit the flaws to hack your device using a dodgy video file or when on a video call.
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