Keep Calm and Update Whatsapp

Keep Calm and Update Whatsapp: WHAT HAS HAPPENED, and WHY IS IT A BIG DEAL?

 

NSO group, a secretive Israeli company has been marketing a vulnerability called a ‘Zero Click Zero Day’ vulnerability in Whatsapp for about a year to surveillance agencies and governments. This type of vulnerability is one where the maker of the app itself, in this case, Whatsapp itself was not aware that a vulnerability existed, and so a Zero Day. ‘Zero Click’ because the targeted user does not need to click on anything, or open anything, it happens silently in the background.

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