WhatsApp 输入验证错误漏洞

WhatsApp is a suite of mobile applications from the American company WhatsApp that use the Internet to send text messages. The application uses the contact information in a smartphone to find contacts using the software to transmit text, images, etc. WhatsApp suffers from a security vulnerability...

North Korean Hackers Spreading Trojanized Versions of PuTTY Client Application

A threat with a North Korea nexus has been found leveraging a "novel spear phish methodology" that involves making use of trojanized versions of the PuTTY SSH and Telnet client. Google-owned threat intelligence firm Mandiant attributed the new campaign to an emerging threat cluster it tracks unde...

Uber hacked

Uber informed the public on Thursday it was responding to a cybersecurity incident after somebody breached its network. From what we have been able to find out so far, the attacker managed to compromise an employees access to the chat app Slack. The intruder may also have gained access to the...

A week in security (September 5 – 11)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Phishers use verified status as bait for Instagram users Microsoft will disable Basic authentication for Exchange Online in less than a month Zero-day puts a dent in Chrome's mojo Update now! QNAP warns users DeadBolt is exploiting Photo Station vulnerability Don't...

Don't share the WhatsApp 'Martinelli' phone hacking alert: It's a hoax

Everyone loves a good campfire story prone to exaggeration. However, when told online its not quite got the same effect. Long ago, sites like Myspace would play host to very certain types of messages. "Dont open this post from Johnny Cyberhack, or your account will be stolen and your C drive will...

Backdoored Counterfeited Android Phones Hacking WhatsApp Accounts

By Deeba Ahmed According to Dr. Web, the backdoor comes pre-installed in Counterfeit Android devices targeting WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business messengers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Backdoored Counterfeited Android Phones Hacking WhatsApp Accounts...

Researchers Find Counterfeit Phones with Backdoor to Hack WhatsApp Accounts

Budget Android device models that are counterfeit versions associated with popular smartphone brands are harboring multiple trojans designed to target WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business messaging apps. The malware, which Doctor Web first came across in July 2022, were discovered in the system partiti...

Facebook Testing Default End-to-End Encryption and Encrypted Backups in Messenger

Social media company Meta said it will begin testing end-to-end encryption E2EE on its Messenger platform this week for select users as the default option, as the company continues to slowly add security layers to its various chat services. "If you're in the test group, some of your most frequent...

Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people whove lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known as "pig butchering," wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in cryptocurren...

Malicious code in whatsapp-landing-page (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware e6dfeb2e9b7018dd0e4d3c0b412ca067d8db34afd80fe1974702b9c96969b842 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

MAL-2022-7132 Malicious code in whatsapp-landing-page (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware e6dfeb2e9b7018dd0e4d3c0b412ca067d8db34afd80fe1974702b9c96969b842 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

A week in security (July 11 – July 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Elden Ring maker Bandai Namco hit by ransomware and data leaks Predatory Sparrow massively disrupts steel factories while keeping workers safe New variant of Android SpyJoker malware removed from Play Store after 3 million+ installs China’s Tonto Team increases...

WhatsApp warns users: Fake versions of WhatsApp are trying to steal your personal info

WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart is warning users of the popular messaging app to be on their guard after the WhatsApp Security Team discovered bogus apps packing a hidden punch in the form of malware. Outside the safety of the walled garden App stores do whatever they can to try and prevent bogus...

The vulnerability of the WhatsApp messaging and video call application, related to the lack of security measures for its web page structure, allows attackers to carry out cross-site scripting attacks.

The vulnerability of the WhatsApp messaging and video call application is related to the lack of security measures taken to protect the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks...

“Free UK visa” offers on WhatsApp are fakes

A student friend recently shared a WhatsApp message, unsure if it was scam. The message claims to offer an easy to route to free visas, housing, accommodation, and medicine access. Heres how we know it was a scam, and where it lead. It read as follows: UK GOVERNMENT JOB RECRUITMENT 2022: This is...

Cross site scripting

The Login With OTP Over SMS, Email, WhatsApp and Google Authenticator WordPress plugin before 1.0.8 does not escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfilteredhtml is disallowed...

How to Move Your WhatsApp Chats Across Devices and Apps

It's never been easier to switch between iPhone and Android—and to get your messages out of the Meta ecosystem entirely...

Malicious Package

Overview whatsapp-landing-page is a malicious package. The package's name is based on existing repositories, namespaces, or components used by popular companies in an effort to trick employees into downloading it, also known as 'dependency confusion'. Therefore, you're only vulnerable if this...

WhatsApp Desktop Cross Site Scripting (CVE-2019-18426)

A cross site scripting vulnerability exists in WhatsApp Desktop. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to inject an arbitrary web script into the affected system...

WhatsApp spam offers up “B&Q Father’s Day Contest 2022”

Fathers Day in the UK June 19 is almost upon us, and scammers are taking advantage of it—and the fractional possibility of some nice weather—using a barbeque-themed lure. A mysterious WhatsApp message The barbeque bait arrives out of the blue, from a somebody who has your number, as a random...