Freitag, 6. Januar 2012

WhatsApp implementing security fixes following website status exploit

WhatsApp status changer

WhatsApp is implementing a series of security fixes, over the next 24 hours, to fix a flaw in its messaging service. WhatsApp confirmed to us on Friday that the firm has patched an issue that allowed a third-party website to update any users' status message. The website, WhatsAppStatus, appears to have used one of a number of exploits discovered in December to modify status messages on the service. Exploiting a users status message simply required their phone number and a status message.

"This issue has been patched for now," explained a WhatsApp spokesperson. "We will be implementing a series of stronger fixes in the next 24hr." The website exploit, first made available on January 3, no longer works and we have asked the company to...

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