The popular Messenger service WhatsApp has been fixed a security vulnerability, the billions of Smartphone users affected. Now the question arises: Is the latest Version on your mobile phone?
Update from 17. May: After the excitement of the latest security hole in Whatsapp, the users are wondering, understandably, whether your Version of the Messenger service is protected after the Update. We will show you how you can verify this.
For iPhone users: , Select the App Store and tap in the menu bar, click "Updates", to search in the App bar to WhatsApp. You should see next to the Logo of the "Update"Button, is an Update necessary. The latest and most secure Version is called Version 2.19.51 .
For Android users: , tap the Google Play Store "My Apps and games" and look under the "updates pending" according to WhatsApp. The Messenger will be listed here, is not yet loaded, the latest Update to your phone. Here is the secure variant is called the Version 2.19.134 .
For WhatsApp Business must be the same.
initial meld of 15. May: WhatsApp closes a huge security hole
Munich - When popular Messenger service WhatsApp has found a huge security gap, of the billion users are affected. Due to a bug in an older Version of the App, hackers could manipulate with only a video call, the Smartphone, reports the Focus. Both Android as well as iOS users are affected. An Update for the vulnerability in the WhatsApp has been released a long time ago. Users are prompted to update the App immediately.
security gap in WhatsApp: On for mobile phone users now pay attention
The security vulnerability is, according to heise.de in the memory management of the Video-Conferencings. A prepared RTP packet, this mess can be brought, so that the attacker can inject own code and the Smartphone spying Software can manipulate. It was discovered the error by Natali Silvanovich from Project Zero.
WhatsApp: The can Smartphone owners now make up
The current Version of the App, which closes the security gap that was already on the 28. September, published. For iOS users this is the Version 2.18.93 for Android users the Version 2.18.302 or 2.28.306 to Play Google Store . WhatsApp users should be careful when upgrading it, only Updates from official App Stores to download.
how to find out which Version of WhatsApp installed on your Android Phone:
Open WhatsApp, Click options ("Three-points") and then Click "settings" and "help" Finally, go to "App Info". There is the latest WhatsApp Version displayedhow to find out which Version of WhatsApp installed on your iPhone:
Open WhatsApp, Click in the bottom bar to "settings" Then go to "help" In the top of the screen will now display the latest Version of Whatsappon The Google Play Store is currently available to some extent outdated WhatsApp Version 2.18.293. Users who cannot install the new Update that closes the security gap should, therefore, adopt for the safety, the use of video calls from Unknown via the App.
radical new feature of WhatsApp confirmed - what does this mean for privacy?
Currently, there are more news from WhatsApp: Around 1.3 billion people use the Messenger service WhatsApp in the world. Soon annoying interruptions threaten to the users.
Great Whatsapp-restrictions on older iPhones
owners of older iPhones will need to adjust to see which restrictions on the use of Whatsapp. To install the latest Version of the Messenger service, as well as Updates on some iOS devices.
consumer advocates complain about privacy shortcomings in social media
users of the most popular social networks to understand in spite of the new data protection regulation (DSGVO) to how your data will be processed. This is the conclusion of consumer advocates, the consumer advice centre NRW in on Monday in Berlin published the study. They criticise the fact that privacy-related preferences are not always privacy-friendly, although the DSGVO RUB the binding requirement.
the data fault protectors that Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter, Snapchat and LinkedIn require users to transfer the contacts on the Smartphone to the provider. The presets are not on a consistent basis privacy-friendly. WhatsApp can not be used without a contact synchronization at all. Only Pinterest and YouTube do not require the user to have the contacts to match.
Frankfurt : the son receives a strange WhatsApp of missing mother - when he finds you, it will be to late, as extratipp.com* reported.
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Date Of Update: 18 May 2019, 12:02
