With this spyware, there is a risk that your Whatsapp will be hacked with a single Whatsapp call. --Sunilkumar Choudari.!


Whatsapp has accused a shadowy Israeli spyware firm of helping to hack the messages of more than a thousand users.



WhatsApp claims in court filings that the software, known as Pegasus, broke into users' WhatsApp accounts, giving hackers access to messages, photos, contacts and more.



It's alleged that the spyware was inserted into people's phones using a WhatsApp voice call. Victims did not have to answer the call to become infected.



NSO’s website says it develops spy tech to help government agencies prevent and investigate terrorism” saving “thousands of lives. WhatsApp hack – here's what the experts are saying



The risk is that once the spyware (Pegasus) is installed on the victim’s phone, the attackers gain complete access to all of the information on that phone (such as geo-location, contacts, messages, mail, and other data).



In simple words, they can monitor everything the victim is doing, therefore complete violation of privacy. potentially any WhatsApp user can be vulnerable to this attack. This zero day does not require any interaction from the user, and therefore is very difficult if not impossible to avoid.



Since this [hack] is attributed by the researchers to the NSO Group, it’s likely used surgically, only against specific people of interest and not as a mass infection payload. Users who install the latest version [of WhatsApp] will be protected.



It's reported that every user was potentially hackable using this exploit – but that doesn't mean every user was hacked. The Sun understands that WhatsApp has had difficulty discovering which specific users were impacted by the breach.



WhatsApp encourages people to upgrade to the latest version of our app, as well as keep their mobile operating system up to date, to protect against potential targeted exploits designed to compromise information stored on mobile devices.



We are constantly working alongside industry partners to provide the latest security enhancements to help protect our users.

~By

Sunilkumar Choudari

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