New WhatsApp Flaw Compromises Image Gallery.

Recently, a researcher going by the name 'Awakened' discovered a vulnerability in WhatsApp which stems from the double-free bug in the app. For those who don't know, a double-free bug is a memory corruption issue that can crash apps and make way for hackers by opening an exploit vector to steal data. All the hacker needs to do is modify a GIF to make it malicious, send it to...

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