The usage of video conferencing applications has increased in the past few months where people use such apps for attending their office meetings, attending school or college lectures, or any other important business dealings. However, researcher found several kind of bugs in such apps due to which the conversation of users is not safe at all. You should be aware of these bugs which hackers can use to get access to your data and call history. They even can control your call and make the call on your behalf.
Hackers have become smart in their field that they even don’t need to take your permission to get access to users’ surroundings, before attending the call, your data may be in the hands of the attackers. These bugs may break your trust in such apps.
20 January 2021, 3:45 am EST By
Messaging apps are incredibly important these days as people are still unable to freely meet in person to talk, whether about personal things or any work/school-related stuff, but according to a security researcher, some of the apps we are using aren t as safe as we think they are.
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Logic Bugs Found in Messaging Apps
In a report by Bleeping Computer, Google Project Zero security researcher Natalia Silvanovich has found vulnerabilities in several messaging apps including Facebook Messenger, Signal, Google Duo, Mocha, and JioChat which allows attackers to listen to their victim s surroundings without consent before they pick up a call.