Not
long ago, there was a leak of information about the 1 million Apple device ID.
The data were reported stolen through the FBI laptop. Suddenly this event
attention of many parties. Now, one of the web developer more public attention
about the security risks that may occur in popular instant messaging service
WhatsApp for Android. This vulnerability may result in intercepts a message or
sending a false message.
WhatsApp
is one of instant messaging (IM) and the current popular record traffic of 10
billion messages per day. Its popularity is certainly inviting hackers to make
it as the main target.
Sam
Granger via Hacker News say that WhatsApp for Android is not safe, because it
uses your phone number as the username and the IMEI number (which is encrypted
with MD5) as the password. International Mobile Equipment Identity or IMEI is a
number used to identify a particular type of phone.
Application
WhatsApp for iPhone version does not have this vulnerability. But Granger did
not know whether the version of Windows Mobile and BlackBerry versions are also
using the same method.
The
information disseminated Granger is not new information. WhatsApp Wikipedia
already says that the service is using the phone number and IMEI. Pieces of
information are inviting the hackers unlock 'another gap'.
This is
not the first time WhatsApp criticism on security issues. In May 2011, also
found the security holes that can be hijacked account. WhatsApp developers
themselves have been told about the 'gap' is the latest application for
Android, but not about providing a statement.
source
by The Next Web
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android,
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