WhatsApp Exploit Reveals 'Legalized Hacking' at Work
Alan Woodward on Nation-States Buying 'Equipment Interference' Tools and Spyware
May 14, 2019
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Attackers exploiting a buffer overflow in WhatsApp's signaling software to automatically infect devices with malware - without users even having to answer their phone - and then alter call logs to hide attack traces is "a bit of a nightmare scenario," says cybersecurity expert Alan Woodward.