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Hackers Can Manipulate Media Files You Receive Via WhatsApp and Telegram
2019-07-16 09:33

If you think that the media files you receive on your end-to-end encrypted secure messaging apps can not be tampered with, you need to think again. Security researchers at Symantec yesterday demonstrated multiple interesting attack scenarios against WhatsApp and Telegram Android apps, which could allow malicious actors to spread fake news or scam users into sending payments to wrong accounts.


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VENDOR LAST 12M #/PRODUCTS LOW MEDIUM HIGH CRITICAL TOTAL VULNS
Whatsapp 5 1 11 13 16 41
Telegram 6 2 23 8 2 35