Newsletter Archives
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WhatsApp spyware vulnerability
WhatsApp users are being urged to update their apps, to address a vulnerability discovered recently. If you have family members using this platform, I trust you’ll encourage them to make sure they’re up-to-date too.
From theguardian.com:
Attackers could transmit the malicious code to a target’s device by calling the user and infecting the call whether or not the recipient answered the call. Logs of the incoming calls were often erased, according to the report.
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Latest Adobe Reader security patch installs Chrome spyware
Adobe says the data collected by the new Adobe Product Improvement Program spyware is anonymous, thus innocuous. Sounds like Win10, eh?
InfoWorld Woody on Windows