WhatsApp Breach Allows Hackers to Install Spyware on Phones

Home
News
Regulatory
Latest Article

Written by Security Tech Brief

What Cyber Leaders Are Saying About SolarWinds’ SEC Charges
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent fraud allegations against technology company SolarWinds and its chief information security officer, Tim Brown, over a 2020 data breach have hit the cybersecurity community like a shockwave. Read more...

Written by Security Tech Brief

SEC Sues SolarWinds CISO Over 2020 Russian Hack
The Securities and Exchange Commission has sued SolarWinds and its chief information security officer, Tim Brown, over a wide-ranging breach of the company’s software in a 2020 Russian cyber-spying effort. So reports ABC News. Read more...
Popular Article

Written by Security Tech Brief Staff

Redtail’s Breach Disclosure Might Violate Cybersecurity Laws
Redtail Technology’s handling of an investor data leak possibly violated… Read more...

Written by Security Tech Brief Staff

Multinationals Facing Cybersecurity Clampdown in China
The Chinese government is conducting cybersecurity investigations of foreign companies… Read more...
Most Recent

Data Breach Costs Soar, But Companies Don’t Want to Spend: IBM

Apple, Fitbit Users' Data Found In Unsecured Database

Data Poisoning Could Be Next Big Cybersecurity Risk

2019 U.S. Data Breach Numbers Are In—And They’re Mixed

Three Massive Data Breaches Reach Three Disparate Resolutions

Democratic Bill Would Fine Credit Bureaus for Data Breaches

California Bill Would Broaden Definition of Personal Data
Cybersecurity
Systems
Featured Article

Written by Security Tech Brief Staff

How An Ad Suggesting Ballet Dancers Go Into Cybersecurity Fell Flat
As the cybersecurity industry works to address a shortage of skilled workers, an advertisement backed by the UK government may provide an example of what not to do. Read more...
Popular Article

Written by Andrew Wells and Kathy Chiang

Four Steps to Make Your Business Intelligence Teams More Relevant
The world of analytics is changing. Self-Service Analytical tools like Tableau, Qlik, and Power BI… Read more...

Written by Kurt Martin

From Mediocre to Excellent: The Skills you Need to Excel as a Data Analyst
Colleagues think of data analysis much in the same way they think about marketing. Which… Read more...
Most Recent

How An Ad Suggesting Ballet Dancers Go Into Cybersecurity Fell Flat

Four Steps to Make Your Business Intelligence Teams More Relevant

Findings from “An In-Depth Look at Big Data Trends and Challenges”

From Mediocre to Excellent: The Skills you Need to Excel as a Data Analyst
Data
Featured Article

Written by Nir Kaldero

6 Steps to Data-Driven Transformation
We’re now well into the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The First Industrial Revolution was about steam and railroads, the Second about electricity, and the Third brought about by the Internet. AI, the basis of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, will completely change the way business is done and companies are run in the next five to ten years, just as the Internet… Read more...
Popular Article

Written by Security Tech Brief Staff

2019 U.S. Data Breach Numbers Are In—And They’re Mixed
A final tally of U.S. data breaches for last year… Read more...

Written by Security Tech Brief Staff

BlackRock Accidentally Exposes Details of 20,000 Clients
About 20,000 financial advisers who are clients of BlackRock had… Read more...
Most Recent

Data Breach Costs Soar, But Companies Don’t Want to Spend: IBM

Apple, Fitbit Users' Data Found In Unsecured Database

Data Poisoning Could Be Next Big Cybersecurity Risk

2019 U.S. Data Breach Numbers Are In—And They’re Mixed

Three Massive Data Breaches Reach Three Disparate Resolutions

Democratic Bill Would Fine Credit Bureaus for Data Breaches

California Bill Would Broaden Definition of Personal Data
Vulnerabilities
E-Commerce
Latest Article

Written by Kurt Martin

NETSUITE ERP CUSTOMERS UP 25 PERCENT
NetSuite had strong growth for the first quarter ended August 31 with a 26-percent increase in revenue. Figures released for this year and the year-ago first quarter also show the number of NetSuite ERP customers rose to more than 15,000 from 12,000, up more than 25 percent. Read more...
Popular Article

Written by Kurt Martin

NETSUITE ERP CUSTOMERS UP 25 PERCENT
NetSuite had strong growth for the first quarter ended August 31 with a 26-percent increase… Read more...
Most Recent

NETSUITE ERP CUSTOMERS UP 25 PERCENT
General
People
Subscribe!

Estimated reading time: 0 minutes, 25 seconds

WhatsApp Breach Allows Hackers to Install Spyware on Phones

Thursday, May 16 2019

Cybersecurity

Written by Security Tech Brief Staff

font size decrease font size increase font size
Print
Email

WhatsApp Breach Allows Hackers to Install Spyware on Phones

A security flaw in WhatsApp, the popular messaging service owned by Facebook, enabled cyber attackers to install Israeli spyware on a “select number” of phones, the company revealed. So reports Reuters and the Financial Times.

WhatsApp found in early May that hackers could put surveillance software on Apple and Android devices using the app’s voice-call tool. The malicious code, reportedly developed by the Israeli company NSO Group, may have targeted human rights groups who used the WhatsApp service, which is touted for its security.

Read 3621 times

Rate this item

(0 votes)

More in this category: « Nation States Playing Bigger Role in Cyber Attacks: Study Hospitals Urge Medical Device Makers to Boost Cybersecurity »

Register

WhatsApp Breach Allows Hackers to Install Spyware on Phones

Most Read

STB

Visit other PMG Sites: