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Flaw in Adobe Extension With 300M Installs Enabled WhatsApp Data Theft
An attacker only needed to convince the targeted user to visit a malicious website to exfiltrate WhatsApp messages and contacts.
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An attacker could steal WhatsApp messages and contacts by tricking a user into visiting a malicious website, exploiting a flaw in an Adobe extension that has been installed on roughly 300 million devices.
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