How does this even happen.. just.. wow.
https://www.businessinsider.com/whatsapp-hack-what-is-pegasus-2019-5
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WhatsApp, a Facebook-owned messaging app used by more than 1.5 billion people around the world, recently found a major security flaw, the Financial Times reported.
The hack is reportedly as simple as receiving a WhatsApp phone call, even if you don't pick up the call. A record of the call can even be remotely erased, the report says.
The WhatsApp exploit enables the installation of software from the NSO Group, a secretive firm from Israel that bills itself as a leader in cyber warfare and is behind a notoriously invasive software tool called Pegasus.
Pegasus enables users to remotely access everything in an infected smartphone, from text messages to location data — and it's next to impossible to know if your phone was infected.
https://www.businessinsider.com/whatsapp-hack-what-is-pegasus-2019-5
highlights
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WhatsApp, a Facebook-owned messaging app used by more than 1.5 billion people around the world, recently found a major security flaw, the Financial Times reported.
The hack is reportedly as simple as receiving a WhatsApp phone call, even if you don't pick up the call. A record of the call can even be remotely erased, the report says.
The WhatsApp exploit enables the installation of software from the NSO Group, a secretive firm from Israel that bills itself as a leader in cyber warfare and is behind a notoriously invasive software tool called Pegasus.
Pegasus enables users to remotely access everything in an infected smartphone, from text messages to location data — and it's next to impossible to know if your phone was infected.