Hacks

WhatsApp Hacking The recent controversies surrounding the  WhatsApp hacking  haven't yet settled, and the world's most popular messaging platform could be in the choppy waters once again. The vulnerability — tracked as  CVE-2019-11931  — is a stack-based buffer overflow issue that resided in the way previous WhatsApp versions parse the elementary stream metadata of an MP4 file, resulting in denial-of-service or remote code execution attacks. To remotely exploit the vulnerability, all an attacker needs is the phone number of targeted users and send them a maliciously crafted MP4 file over WhatsApp, which eventually can be programmed to install a malicious backdoor or spyware app on the compromised devices silently. The vulnerability affects both consumers as well as enterprise apps of WhatsApp for all major platforms, including Google Android, Apple iOS, and Microsoft Windows. According to an  advisory  published by Facebook, which owns WhatsApp,...