How Hackers Broke WhatsApp With Just a Phone Call
Publisher |
WIRED
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Cybersecurity
Tech News
Technology
Categories Via RSS |
News
Tech News
Technology
Publication Date |
May 15, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:04:49
You've heard the advice a million times. Don't click links in suspicious emails or texts. Don't download shady apps. But a new Financial Times report alleges that the notorious Israeli spy firm NSO Group developed a WhatsApp exploit that could inject malware onto targeted phones—and steal data from them—simply by calling them. The targets didn't need to pick up to be infected, and the calls often left no trace on the phone's log.

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