Meta has published a new security advisory for messaging app WhatsApp, announcing patches for two vulnerabilities.
WhatsApp has fixed two security flaws that could be abused to interfere with how media and attachments are handled on your device. There is no evidence that either bug has been exploited in the wild. These bugs don’t automatically infect devices, but they lower the barrier for social engineering and could be chained with other vulnerabilities for more serious attacks.
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Source: Malwarebytes Labs
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