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Whatsapp Vulnerabilities

JAMES4578 — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:44:06 GMT

whatsapp releasd an emergency patch on Friday for the messaging app on ios and Mac. This addressed a sophisticated spyware campaign, hackers exploited vulnerabities using a Zero click attack. This only effected a small number of users but had to be taken seriously.

whilst Android users were notr the target of this campaign whatsapp vulnerabilities can still be exploited. Ensure you have the most up to date version of the app and the latest security patch.

see more detail here https://www.nextpit.com/news/whatsapp-security-bug-hackers-spy-iphones-update-now

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Tourbillon De La Vie — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:03:30 GMT

Stay safe. Thanks

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arianwen27 — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:11:31 GMT

Samsung actually has a protection system for the exact vulnerability whatsapp had. Nice to know it's working in the background.

The bad part of the exploit was with the iPhone itself, WhatsApp was just used to trigger it. There was a bug in how iPhones display images, sending a specific image over whatsapp makes the phone try to view it, partially crash and run malware within the image.

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Moiramon — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:12:26 GMT

Personally when using WhatsApp if I ever get a message from someone I don't know it goes straight in the bin.

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lance78 — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:35:51 GMT

I always thought WhatsApp only works it the sender and recipients have phone numbers stored, ive never received a message from someone i don't know

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Moiramon — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:37:19 GMT

I've received the odd odd spam messages. Admittedly they're not very often. Maybe only 1 or 2.

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JAMES4578 — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:50:00 GMT

Good that there is added protection with Samsung Devices.

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Piper123 — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:54:10 GMT

Don't trust anything from Meta

They have no respect of privacy laws.

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JAMES4578 — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:06:46 GMT

If you go to the whatsapp privacy settings Block unknown account Messages, unknown Numbers will be blocked when they exceed High Volume. unfortunately not all messages will be Blocked. in privacy check up can Block specific unwanted contacts. can silence unknown phone calls in the same section.

I have received the odd spam one myself.

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Obsydian — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:34:25 GMT

But most governments including the UK have left the backdoor open for spooks and anyone else

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GreaterGalaxyUK — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:00:14 GMT

I uninstalled WhatsApp and used Signal. Problem is- nobody else wanted to use Signal. So back on WhatsApp. I have no other social media though which helps with the battery on Z Fold 7!

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MNas04 — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 01:08:22 GMT

They will do anything to get their hands on peoples data 🙄.

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Obsydian — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 05:09:37 GMT

Data is a big revenue stream, selling anonymised data to 3rd parties, which we accept by accepting the various app T&Cs.

Problem is when you get Meta types who want it all including the PIA data, GDPR is a joke and protects no one.

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Star_girl — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:26:46 GMT

Would be useful if WhatsApp would stop booting me out without warning ⚠️ every now and again.

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MNas04 — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:53:34 GMT

Exactly. You got a point. It's how data brokers get their hands on people data which leads to scam calls, texts, and email.