WhatsApp is under scrutiny after researchers uncovered a security failure that exposed the phone numbers of around 3.5 ...

Researchers from the University of Vienna revealed a vulnerability in WhatsApp that exposed 3.5 billion users' phone numbers and some profile information. Meta admitted the flaw, stating that it made ...

Austrian researchers used a WhatsApp contact-lookup flaw to map 3.5 billion phone numbers, revealing how basic metadata can ...

Security researchers from the University of Vienna tested the security bug by automatically generating and searching for 63 ...

Researchers from the University of Vienna reportedly scraped 3.5 billion WhatsApp phone numbers using a flaw in the Click to ...

Researchers from the University of Vienna discovered a serious WhatsApp security flaw. The team showed that an automated lookup method could confirm active What ...

But Meta argues this is publicly available data anyway. WhatsApp is huge, and its growth came in part from how easy it is to find people using the ...

WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps and aims to become a social media platform. The service is convenient. It allows users to text friends and relatives across the world at no cost, ...

A massive WhatsApp security flaw exposed the phone number of almost every user on the planet – despite the fact that parent company Meta had been alerted to the vulnerability way back in 2017.

A researcher found that phone numbers tied to WhatsApp accounts are indexed publicly on Google Search creating what he claims is a “privacy issue” for users. A researcher is warning that a WhatsApp ...

Security researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability with WhatsApp that exposes the phone numbers of more than 3 ...