<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/whatsapp">WhatsApp</a> is the most popular messenger application on all platforms including Android, iOS and Windows, thanks to simple UI and value-added features. It now has more than 3.5 billion active users worldwide.</p><p>But, it also attracts cyber crooks to prey on naive smartphone users. With social engineering, they can hoodwink people to install illegal apps.</p><p>Now, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has detected a security vulnerability (CVE-2025-30401) in WhatsApp (desktop version) that can allow hackers to take over the device.</p>.Bengaluru: Two bizmen, engineer lose Rs 9.54 cr in online trading scams.<p>The security loopholes can be exploited to execute arbirtary code and perform spoofing attacks on targeted computers.</p><p>For the uninitiated, in a spoofing attack, threat actors will be able to impersonate a person or an organisation to convince the potential victim to again allow unauthorised access to the device to steal their personal data, usernames and passwords of the online accounts and even bank accounts.</p><p>Meta-owned entity has acknowledged the issue and has released a new version of WhatsApp for Desktop. And also revealed that the security vulnerability has not been exploited anywhere globally so far. </p><p>However, WhatsApp users are advised to update their WhatsApp firmware to the latest version as soon as possible to protect themselves from emerging cyber threats.</p><p>"A spoofing issue in WhatsApp for Windows prior to version 2.2450.6 displayed attachments according to their MIME type but selected the file opening handler based on the attachment’s filename extension. A maliciously crafted mismatch could have caused the recipient to inadvertently execute arbitrary code rather than view the attachment when manually opening the attachment inside WhatsApp. We have not seen evidence of exploitation in the wild," says WhatsApp in its latest advisories on the official website.</p>.Cyber crooks using emails with PDF to hack devices; here are tips on how to protect yourself from such cyber threats.<p><em>Get the latest news on new launches, gadget reviews, apps, cybersecurity, and more on personal technology only on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/dh-tech?_ga=2.210580691.73733284.1595225125-1706599323.1592232366">DH Tech</a></em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/whatsapp">WhatsApp</a> is the most popular messenger application on all platforms including Android, iOS and Windows, thanks to simple UI and value-added features. It now has more than 3.5 billion active users worldwide.</p><p>But, it also attracts cyber crooks to prey on naive smartphone users. With social engineering, they can hoodwink people to install illegal apps.</p><p>Now, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has detected a security vulnerability (CVE-2025-30401) in WhatsApp (desktop version) that can allow hackers to take over the device.</p>.Bengaluru: Two bizmen, engineer lose Rs 9.54 cr in online trading scams.<p>The security loopholes can be exploited to execute arbirtary code and perform spoofing attacks on targeted computers.</p><p>For the uninitiated, in a spoofing attack, threat actors will be able to impersonate a person or an organisation to convince the potential victim to again allow unauthorised access to the device to steal their personal data, usernames and passwords of the online accounts and even bank accounts.</p><p>Meta-owned entity has acknowledged the issue and has released a new version of WhatsApp for Desktop. And also revealed that the security vulnerability has not been exploited anywhere globally so far. </p><p>However, WhatsApp users are advised to update their WhatsApp firmware to the latest version as soon as possible to protect themselves from emerging cyber threats.</p><p>"A spoofing issue in WhatsApp for Windows prior to version 2.2450.6 displayed attachments according to their MIME type but selected the file opening handler based on the attachment’s filename extension. A maliciously crafted mismatch could have caused the recipient to inadvertently execute arbitrary code rather than view the attachment when manually opening the attachment inside WhatsApp. We have not seen evidence of exploitation in the wild," says WhatsApp in its latest advisories on the official website.</p>.Cyber crooks using emails with PDF to hack devices; here are tips on how to protect yourself from such cyber threats.<p><em>Get the latest news on new launches, gadget reviews, apps, cybersecurity, and more on personal technology only on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/dh-tech?_ga=2.210580691.73733284.1595225125-1706599323.1592232366">DH Tech</a></em></p>
