Andrei Slobodchikov, an expert in information security, revealed the dangers of using WhatsApp.
In an interview with the Russian Prime News Agency, the expert pointed out that the WhatsApp application, like the famous messenger, often discovers critical vulnerabilities in it. So it can be considered the most dangerous.
He adds that the identification of vulnerabilities in WhatsApp allowed arbitrary code to run on the device and obtain the necessary information completely. For this reason, hackers send videos containing malicious code. The expert notes that it is not excluded that there are weaknesses in less common messengers.
According to him, the cause of leaks is often errors committed by the user, including not updating the application.
WhatsApp allows you to send and receive messages, photos, videos, documents, voice messages, and phone calls.
It should be noted that WhatsApp is owned by Meta (the social networking network Facebook and Instagram) which is currently banned in Russia as an extremist.
