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It has been a challenging year for WhatsApp, with too many mishaps causing concern for the users, as well as other entities across the globe.
And after the big reveal of Pegasus spyware infecting thousands of devices, a new report brings more issues for the Facebook-owned messaging platform.
Check Point Research on Tuesday has publicly confirmed a new bug on the app, which could not only crash your group chats but also delete the chat history from day one. This bug would allow the attacker to send a malicious group chat message that would crash the app for all members of the group, the security researchers mentioned via its report.
The firm also highlighted how the attack takes place, and how it needs access to one of your WhatsApp account, to be accessed through WhatsApp on Web.
Check Point claims it reported this bug to the WhatsApp bug bounty on 28 August, who acknowledged the vulnerability and released a fix for it via WhatsApp version 2.19.58. So, if you still don’t have this version or later, update the app right away.
WhatsApp caters to over 1.5 billion users across the globe, and Check Points claims that a staggering 65 billion messages are sent on the platform every day.
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