Lek in whatsapp. 1,5 miljard potentiele gebruikers in gevaar (bbc.com)

Internet is als een naaktstrand en als u bukt blijft de camera gewoon aanstaan.

En toen werkte de BBC link niet. Waren dat die hackers?

"Hackers were able to remotely install surveillance software on phones and other devices using a major vulnerability in messaging app WhatsApp, it has been confirmed.

WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, said the attack targeted a "select number" of users, and was orchestrated by "an advanced cyber actor".

A fix was rolled out on Friday.

The attack was developed by Israeli security firm NSO Group, according to a report in the Financial Times.

On Monday WhatsApp urged all of its 1.5bn users to update their apps as an added precaution.

The attack was first discovered earlier this month.

It involved attackers using WhatsApp's voice calling function to ring a target's device. Even if the call was not picked up, the surveillance software would be installed, and, the FT reported, the call would often disappear from the device's call log.

WhatsApp said its security team was the first to identify the flaw, and shared that information with human rights groups, selected security vendors and the US Department of Justice earlier this month.

"The attack has all the hallmarks of a private company reportedly that works with governments to deliver spyware that takes over the functions of mobile phone operating systems,” the company said on Monday in a briefing document note for journalists.

The firm also published an advisory to security specialists, in which it described the flaw as: "A buffer overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp VOIP stack allowed remote code execution via specially crafted series of SRTCP packets sent to a target phone number."

Link werkg gewoon @2

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Gelukkig vallen camera’s op een naaktstrand direct op. Die verstop je niet even op een donker plekje

Het was vandaag ook op het radionieuws. Een "anti terrorisme" club van de Israëlische (r)overheid. Er zou zijn getracht een mensenrechtenadvocaat af te luisteren. Zou Zion-yahu er meer van weten? Wie zijn de werkelijke terroristen? Hint: ruim 50 jaren bezetting en illegale kolonisatie van hun gastland/buurland?

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