Whatsapp Vulnerabilities

JAMES4578 · ‎02-09-2025

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 · ‎02-09-2025

Stay safe. Thanks

arianwen27 · ‎02-09-2025

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.

Moiramon · ‎02-09-2025

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

lance78 · ‎02-09-2025

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

Moiramon · ‎02-09-2025

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

JAMES4578 · ‎02-09-2025

Good that there is added protection with Samsung Devices.

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Piper123 · ‎02-09-2025

Don't trust anything from Meta

They have no respect of privacy laws.

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My device is an S25 Ultra.

JAMES4578 · ‎02-09-2025

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 · ‎02-09-2025

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

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