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| Source |  Network World |
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| Identifiant | 337696 |
| Date de publication | 2017-03-15 06:05:12 (vue: 2017-03-15 06:05:12) |
| Titre | Malicious uploads allowed hijacking of WhatsApp and Telegram accounts |
| Texte | A vulnerability patched in the web-based versions of encrypted communications services WhatsApp and Telegram would have allowed attackers to take over accounts by sending users malicious files masquerading as images or videos.The vulnerability was discovered last week by researchers from Check Point Software Technologies and was patched by the WhatsApp and Telegram developers after the company privately shared the flaw's details with them.The web-based versions of WhatsApp and Telegram synchronize automatically with the apps installed on users' phones. At least in the case of WhatsApp, once paired using a QR code, the phone needs to have an active internet connection for WhatsApp messages to be relayed to the browser on the computer.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here |
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| Condensat | accounts active after allowed apps article attackers automatically based browser case check click code comment communications company computer connection details developers discovered encrypted files flaw from full have here hijacking images installed internet last least leave malicious masquerading messages needs once over paired patched phone phones please point privately read relayed researchers sending services shared software synchronize take technologies telegram them uploads users using versions videos vulnerability web week whatsapp would |
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