Be careful who frequently uses WhatsApp phones, Israeli spyware can be infiltrated
There is a report that states there is a gap in the WhatsApp application, precisely through the WhatsApp phone feature. On WhatsApp phone features can be compromised spyware Israeli origin.
Spyware This is the result of an Israeli-owned company called NSO Group that can infect Android and iOS versions of WhatsApp phones.
Worse yet, apart from being able to infect via WhatsApp telephone lines, this spyware can still infiltrate incoming calls without being answered by the victim. Even in some cases, the list of missed calls can be lost in the log so that WhatsApp users don’t realize if someone is calling.
Reportedly this new gap appeared after a few weeks ago. WhatsApp has also dealt with it through the latest WhatsApp update. At the same time urge users to immediately update to the latest version.
This attack was carried out by a private company that has often been contracted by the government to send spyware which is said to take over the functions of the operating system.
Do not know how many users have been affected by this attack. However, as information, this Facebook-owned company already has more than 1.5 billion users.
The NSO Group is known for making spy tools like Pegasus and offering it to governments around the world as a tool to tackle crime and terrorism,