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WhatsApp for Android Retains Deleted Contacts Locally
Summary WhatApp for Android retains contact info locally after contacts get deleted. This would allow an attacker with physical access to the device to check if the WhatsApp user had interactions with specific contacts, even though they have been deleted. Vulnerability Details When a contact is deleted on WhatsApp, their information about security code changes…
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Spyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable for Hacking WhatsApp
A judge has found that NSO Group, maker of the Pegasus spyware, has violated the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by hacking WhatsApp in order to spy on people using it. Jon Penney and I wrote a legal paper on the case. A judge has found that NSO Group, maker of the Pegasus spyware,…