TechLair

  • Home
  • contact
  • About
  • Privacy Policy

WhatsApp sues Israeli security firm for injecting malware into targets’ phones through its app

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 by Piyush Suthar | Comments

Home News Tech WhatsApp sues Israeli security firm for injecting malware into targets’ phones through its app

WhatsApp just sued Israel-based security company, the NSO Group, in a US federal court for allegedly injecting malware into over 1,400 targets’ phones through the messaging service. The Facebook-owned company accused the NSO Group of installing malware into phones for surveillance. The court filing says the security company wasn’t able to break WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption, so it used malicious code to snoop on chat messages. In May, the chat app patched a vulnerability that allowed hackers to install malware through an audio call even if you don’t answer it. At the time, sources told the Financial Times that NSO Group was responsible…

This story continues at The Next Web

Or just read more coverage about: Security,WhatsApp

Authored by Piyush Suthar
Pro Blogger


Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube.

Load comments
  • Newer Post
  • Home
  • Older Post
  • techlair
    Over 1,500+ Readers

    Get fresh content from TechLair

    brand222 facebook brand2 envelope-o

    BEST OF TechLair

    Noise Shots X5 Review: Better Than Apple Airpods?
    Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max Review: A stellar upgrade in every sense of the word
    Artist uses historical markers to shed light on the effects of climate change, spread awareness
    Google open-sources cryptographic tool to keep data sets private


    Copyright © 2019 TechLair. All rights reserved.
    Privacy Policy • DMCA • Contact