This particular hacking technique was first introduced in October 2019 when a number of security researchers found a vulnerability that was giving hackers full access to the app by utilizing a GIF image.
The attacker would be able to see the photos, videos, and chat history that the user had done with one’s contacts.
This call-based attack with the name of Pegasus came into force in early 2019 when it allowed the attackers to access a device just by positioning a WhatsApp voice call to their prey.
In this type of attack, hacker could be able to post wrong comments that appear to be come from the authentic users with some real life potential in any genre of work such as Politicians, Business Persons, Athletes, Celebrities, and many more.
This is an attack which affects both WhatsApp and Telegram where it takes the benefit of the methodology by the apps receive media files such as photos or videos and writes those files containing crucial as well as sensitive information to a device’s external storage.
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