WhatsApp fixes flaw that could have let hackers access your chats

Check Point Research (CPR) said it had flagged a security vulnerability in WhatsApp’s image filter function that could have been exploited by attackers to read sensitive information, and the same has now been fixed by the messaging platform. “CPR exposed a security vulnerability in WhatsApp…An attacker could have exploited the vulnerability to read sensitive information from WhatsApp memory,” CPR said in a statement.

It added that the vulnerability was rooted in WhatsApp’s image filter function and during its research study, CPR learned that switching between various filters on crafted GIF files caused WhatsApp to crash.