Dangerous Flaw in WhatsApp for Web Version. Hackers can easily hack your device and inject malware. Around 900 million People active users out of which 200 million users are at Risk. The Vulnerability were discovered by security Researcher Kasif Sekel at Checkpoint which allows attackers to tale benefit of v Card contact card format to malware’s to non-tech (unsuspected) users.

Now, you need to do the following steps for a successful attack

• An Malicious v Card (Contact Number) is send to the victim. The v Card riddled with a malicious code.
• The victim who launches that executable file will be infected with that malware.
• The contents of malware contains Ransom ware, bot-nets, RAT (Remote access Tools) and other malicious code.

The threat after getting trapped?

Frankly speaking, there can be numerous thing which an attacker can do by installing a malware on your system. So possibilities are

• Spying on User Activitiy’s
• Can perform Ddos attack from your PC
• Making your computer into Zombie for External Attacks
• Complete Access and takeover on Victim’s
• Syncing your contacts, keeps track of your activity

Solution

The basic rule of sustaining in Cyber World is to move with it. So users need to Update their Whatsapp Version 🙂