The Scams They are the order of the day, and with the rise of new technologies, cybercounts take advantage of each application or technological advance to carry out their fraud. But beyond that, computer hackers are able to create malware to get into our mobile phones and steal money or personal information. This has warned WhatsApp, because it alerts a New Israeli spy software that hackes your phone without touching it through this messaging application.
According to the British media The Guardian, almost one hundred journalists and activists have been victims of a cyber attack through a new spy software called Hraphite, developed by the Israeli company Paragon Solutions. As a WhatsApp also alert, it is a program able to infiltrate devices without the users having to click on links or discharges of suspicious fileswhich makes it more complicated to detect it and, therefore, makes it a threat of maximum risk.
“This is the last example of why spy software companies must account for their illegal actions. WhatsApp will continue to protect people’s ability to communicate privately,” said a company spokesman, as the media collects British.
This is the Israeli spy software of Paragon Solutions that would have attacked the mobiles of several people through the WhatsApp application
WhatsApp would be evaluating legal measures against the responsible companybecause this malware allows attackers to access private information, including encrypted messages. An ability to act without a trace similar to Pegasusdeveloped by NSO Group and other widely criticized Israeli spy software and has been involved in controversies in recent years. In 2019, WhatsApp sued this company for having compromised the security of more than 1,400 users through application vulnerability.
“Like other Espía software manufacturers, Paragon piracy software is used by government clients and WhatsApp said that it had not been able to identify customers who ordered the alleged attacks,” explains The Guardian. The alleged attacks had been broken by goal in December and was not clear For how long they could have been under threat infected phones.
According to Europa Press, this spy software is distributed through user groups of the messaging application and was Integrated in Malicious PDF fileswith the aim of compromising the information of the potential victims of the attack. The British media also recalled that the “Spyware” Graphite, once the mobile phone, the ‘software’ operator can access all the phone data, even read encrypted messages.
Paragon Solutions is a company founded by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and has been the subject of media reports in Israel recently. “For a long time, it has the reputation of being a” better ‘spy company that is not involved in obvious abuses, although The recent WhatsApp revelations suggest otherwise“The Guardian explains. At the moment, the company has not made comments about it or issued any statement.