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WhatsApp Found Using Microphone in Background Due to Purported Android Bug, Government to Probe Allegations
- Wednesday May 10, 2023
- Written by Nithya P Nair, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp is reportedly accessing microphones on some Android devices. A Twitter engineer tweeted about the issue and it was retweeted by Elon Musk. WhatsApp later denied the claims saying that this is an Android bug.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Reveals Critical Vulnerabilities in Older App Versions That Let Attacker Exploit Phones via Video Call
- Wednesday September 28, 2022
- Agencies
WhatsApp, Meta's instant messaging and calling service, has published details of a 'critical' vulnerability that has been patched in a newer version of the app but might still affect older installed versions that have not been updated.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Bug on iOS Causes Chat Mute Feature to Automatically Switch to 8 Hours When Choosing 1 Week
- Wednesday September 7, 2022
- Written by Richa Sharma, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp’s latest update for iOS devices, version 2.22.18.76, has been displaying a bug, which automatically changes the mute duration from ‘1 week’ to ‘8 hours’. However, there is no issue if a user chooses the duration as ‘8 hours’ or ‘Always’.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Says Two Outdated Software Bugs Addressed After CERT-in Warns User Data at Risk
- Monday April 19, 2021
- Press Trust of India
WhatsApp on Monday said that it has addressed two bugs that existed on its outdated software two days after CERT-In, India’s cybersecurity agency, warned users that their sensitive data was at risk due to a critical vulnerability.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Bug Could Let Attackers Crash the App, Delete Group Messages: Check Point
- Tuesday December 17, 2019
- Jagmeet Singh
WhatsApp has fixed the bug starting its Android version number 2.19.58. The bug could cause a crash loop that could only be fixed by completely uninstall and reinstall the app.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Bug Via MP4 File Triggers Snooping Concerns: Report
- Sunday November 17, 2019
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
If someone has sent you an MP4 file on WhatsApp, guard against downloading it as hackers may use a critical vulnerability in the Facebook-owned app to execute snooping attack on both Android and iOS devices.
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www.ndtv.com
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Facebook Awards Manipur Man With USD 5,000 For Detecting WhatsApp Bug
- Tuesday June 11, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Facebook has honoured a Manipuri man for discovering a WhatsApp bug that violated the privacy of a user. Zonel Sougaijam
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www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp for Android Plagued by a Weird Reply Bug: What You Need to Know
- Friday February 1, 2019
- Gadgets 360 Staff
WhatsApp for Android users are said to be facing a weird bug that is making the chat app keep old messages in the reply context.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Beware, This WhatsApp 'Black Dot' Message Bomb Crashes Android Phones
- Tuesday May 8, 2018
- Indo-Asian News Service
WhatsApp bugs containing special characters that are not visible but are used to change text behaviour are reportedly crashing Android phones.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Group Chats Can Easily Be Infiltrated, Find Researchers: Report
- Thursday January 11, 2018
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
A team of German cryptographers has discovered flaws in WhatsApp's group chats despite its end-to-end encryption, that makes it possible to infiltrate private group chats without admin permission.
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www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Found Using Microphone in Background Due to Purported Android Bug, Government to Probe Allegations
- Wednesday May 10, 2023
- Written by Nithya P Nair, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp is reportedly accessing microphones on some Android devices. A Twitter engineer tweeted about the issue and it was retweeted by Elon Musk. WhatsApp later denied the claims saying that this is an Android bug.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Reveals Critical Vulnerabilities in Older App Versions That Let Attacker Exploit Phones via Video Call
- Wednesday September 28, 2022
- Agencies
WhatsApp, Meta's instant messaging and calling service, has published details of a 'critical' vulnerability that has been patched in a newer version of the app but might still affect older installed versions that have not been updated.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Bug on iOS Causes Chat Mute Feature to Automatically Switch to 8 Hours When Choosing 1 Week
- Wednesday September 7, 2022
- Written by Richa Sharma, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp’s latest update for iOS devices, version 2.22.18.76, has been displaying a bug, which automatically changes the mute duration from ‘1 week’ to ‘8 hours’. However, there is no issue if a user chooses the duration as ‘8 hours’ or ‘Always’.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Says Two Outdated Software Bugs Addressed After CERT-in Warns User Data at Risk
- Monday April 19, 2021
- Press Trust of India
WhatsApp on Monday said that it has addressed two bugs that existed on its outdated software two days after CERT-In, India’s cybersecurity agency, warned users that their sensitive data was at risk due to a critical vulnerability.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Bug Could Let Attackers Crash the App, Delete Group Messages: Check Point
- Tuesday December 17, 2019
- Jagmeet Singh
WhatsApp has fixed the bug starting its Android version number 2.19.58. The bug could cause a crash loop that could only be fixed by completely uninstall and reinstall the app.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Bug Via MP4 File Triggers Snooping Concerns: Report
- Sunday November 17, 2019
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
If someone has sent you an MP4 file on WhatsApp, guard against downloading it as hackers may use a critical vulnerability in the Facebook-owned app to execute snooping attack on both Android and iOS devices.
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www.ndtv.com
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Facebook Awards Manipur Man With USD 5,000 For Detecting WhatsApp Bug
- Tuesday June 11, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Facebook has honoured a Manipuri man for discovering a WhatsApp bug that violated the privacy of a user. Zonel Sougaijam
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www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp for Android Plagued by a Weird Reply Bug: What You Need to Know
- Friday February 1, 2019
- Gadgets 360 Staff
WhatsApp for Android users are said to be facing a weird bug that is making the chat app keep old messages in the reply context.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Beware, This WhatsApp 'Black Dot' Message Bomb Crashes Android Phones
- Tuesday May 8, 2018
- Indo-Asian News Service
WhatsApp bugs containing special characters that are not visible but are used to change text behaviour are reportedly crashing Android phones.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Group Chats Can Easily Be Infiltrated, Find Researchers: Report
- Thursday January 11, 2018
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
A team of German cryptographers has discovered flaws in WhatsApp's group chats despite its end-to-end encryption, that makes it possible to infiltrate private group chats without admin permission.
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www.ndtv.com