Watts August is one of the most frequently used applications around
the world, with around 900 million monthly active users, the company has
announced in the June 13, 2013 it reached 27 billion message.
The company bought Advanced Alwats August in the Feb. 19, 2014 in the amount of US $ 19 billion.
This deployment drew the attention of hackers and developers of malicious software to develop their tactics and exploitation of Watts August name in various ways and means, for the Android system spread some malicious applications on the Internet, bearing design and icon Watts in August, but it's really nothing to do with it, as some have succeeded in attaching some malicious codes inside the original application and thus spying on the user talks, and these few cases were eliminated quickly.
But all this has nothing to do real risks that the users must apply Watts August caution them, especially Every person has at any time as long as it uses the Internet, far from being a user of the application.
Published Comodo Labs company, specialized in digital security, a detailed report on the risks that may affect any user.
The first of these risks smilies Emoji which was quite popular in the recent period, where the danger comes when you send a message containing more than 4,500 expressive face.
This risk is increased in particular in the copy Watts August for the browser WhatsApp Web, where the user can type a message containing approximately 6500-6600 characters, and when you try to send 4,500 face expressive depend browser responding has stops working completely in some devices, even when you receive the message, and if the user opened depend Firefox or Google Chrome once and for all the work because the use of a lot of expressive faces on the same page will lead to the weight of the browser before it stops working.
It also applies to the smart, specifically Android devices, when a message arrives containing more than 4,500 face expressive and try to open it, a message telling that Watts August stopped working will appear, but the iPhone devices Valttbaiq will stop for a few seconds for the response before returning to work again.
So it's good to not open any message an anonymous source and start a lot of smilies.
The second more serious threat, is based on the principle force the user to visit a link that contains a malicious software Watts August, taking advantage of the large spread around the world.
This threat comes in the form of a letter up to the e-mail titled title "This person has to send a photo" or "so and so sent an audio passage" and many other enticing titles, some of these messages comes as the Watts August, entitled "Letter of Authority technical support for the application of Watts August "or" Watts August account your need to activate "or" issued a copy of the August Watts must be loaded. "
These messages will attract only the user of the title, but after opening the user will find himself compelled to put pressure on a link to see them, and here the penetration starts to control the device fully.
Logically, the application of Watts in August depends on the user's phone number only, without the existence of any link between him and the e-mail, if the company wants to send this type of message will not be sent to his e-mail, because they do not own the asset.
If the message is entitled, such as a friend he sent a picture or video, Valtnabih should appear within the application and not as a message to the e-mail, so it's very good to identify the message as a malicious Spam to avoid access to the inbox in the future
The company bought Advanced Alwats August in the Feb. 19, 2014 in the amount of US $ 19 billion.
This deployment drew the attention of hackers and developers of malicious software to develop their tactics and exploitation of Watts August name in various ways and means, for the Android system spread some malicious applications on the Internet, bearing design and icon Watts in August, but it's really nothing to do with it, as some have succeeded in attaching some malicious codes inside the original application and thus spying on the user talks, and these few cases were eliminated quickly.
But all this has nothing to do real risks that the users must apply Watts August caution them, especially Every person has at any time as long as it uses the Internet, far from being a user of the application.
Published Comodo Labs company, specialized in digital security, a detailed report on the risks that may affect any user.
The first of these risks smilies Emoji which was quite popular in the recent period, where the danger comes when you send a message containing more than 4,500 expressive face.
This risk is increased in particular in the copy Watts August for the browser WhatsApp Web, where the user can type a message containing approximately 6500-6600 characters, and when you try to send 4,500 face expressive depend browser responding has stops working completely in some devices, even when you receive the message, and if the user opened depend Firefox or Google Chrome once and for all the work because the use of a lot of expressive faces on the same page will lead to the weight of the browser before it stops working.
It also applies to the smart, specifically Android devices, when a message arrives containing more than 4,500 face expressive and try to open it, a message telling that Watts August stopped working will appear, but the iPhone devices Valttbaiq will stop for a few seconds for the response before returning to work again.
So it's good to not open any message an anonymous source and start a lot of smilies.
The second more serious threat, is based on the principle force the user to visit a link that contains a malicious software Watts August, taking advantage of the large spread around the world.
This threat comes in the form of a letter up to the e-mail titled title "This person has to send a photo" or "so and so sent an audio passage" and many other enticing titles, some of these messages comes as the Watts August, entitled "Letter of Authority technical support for the application of Watts August "or" Watts August account your need to activate "or" issued a copy of the August Watts must be loaded. "
These messages will attract only the user of the title, but after opening the user will find himself compelled to put pressure on a link to see them, and here the penetration starts to control the device fully.
Logically, the application of Watts in August depends on the user's phone number only, without the existence of any link between him and the e-mail, if the company wants to send this type of message will not be sent to his e-mail, because they do not own the asset.
If the message is entitled, such as a friend he sent a picture or video, Valtnabih should appear within the application and not as a message to the e-mail, so it's very good to identify the message as a malicious Spam to avoid access to the inbox in the future
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