Just Answering A Video Call Could Compromise Your WhatsApp Account

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What if just receiving a video call on WhatsApp could hack your smartphone? This sounds filmy, but Google Project Zero security researcher Natalie Silvanovich found a critical vulnerability in WhatsApp messenger that could have allowed hackers to remotely take full control of your WhatsApp just by video calling you over the messaging app. The vulnerability is a memory heap overflow issue

https://thehackernews.com/2018/10/h...ackersNews+(The+Hackers+News+-+Security+Blog)
 
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