WhatsApp reported a sharp escalation in the number of vulnerabilities it found on its platform in 2019, raising fresh questions about the security of an app that has often been hailed for safe private messaging. Data from the US National Vulnerabilities Database, a US government repository of flaws, shows that the Facebook-owned messaging service disclosed 12 vulnerabilities last year — seven of which were classified as “critical” — a significant jump from the past few years, when just one or two medium-level vulnerabilities were disclosed. Read More...
WhatsApp reported a sharp escalation in the number of vulnerabilities it found on its platform in 2019, raising fresh questions about the security of an app that has often been hailed for safe private messaging. Data from the US National Vulnerabilities Database, a US government repository of flaws, shows that the Facebook-owned messaging service disclosed 12 vulnerabilities last year — seven of which were classified as “critical” — a significant jump from the past few years, when just one or two medium-level vulnerabilities were disclosed.
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