Umyalezo we-WhatsApp usetyenziswa ngabasebenzisi abamalunga ne-1,5 yezigidigidi kwihlabathi liphela. Ke ngoko, into yokuba abahlaseli banokusebenzisa iqonga ukukhohlisa okanye ukukhohlisa imiyalezo yencoko iyothusa kakhulu. Ingxaki yafunyanwa yinkampani yakwaSirayeli iCheckpoint Research, malunga noku kwinkomfa yokhuseleko ye-Black Hat 2019 eLas Vegas.
Njengoko kuvela, isiphene sikuvumela ukuba ulawule umsebenzi wocaphulo ngokutshintsha amagama, kwaye unokuphinda uchaze umyalezo woqobo womsebenzisi, kunye nokuthumela imiyalezo kumaqela endaweni yomntu othile.
Abaphandi bathi balumkise u-WhatsApp ngeziphene ngo-Agasti wonyaka ophelileyo, kodwa inkampani yalungisa kuphela ubuthathaka besithathu. Ezinye ezimbini zisasebenza namhlanje, okuthetha ukuba zinokusetyenziswa ngabahlaseli ngeenjongo ezikhohlakeleyo. U-WhatsApp walile ukuphawula. Nangona kunjalo, uFacebook uxelele abaphandi ukuba ezinye iingxaki ezimbini azinakusonjululwa ngenxa “yokuthintelwa kweziseko zophuhliso” kwisicelo.
Qaphela ukuba umthunywa usetyenziswa kumazwe amaninzi, kuquka neIndiya, apho abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-400 bayisebenzisa. Koku kuxhaphaka okwenze i-app yaba liqonga lokusasaza ulwazi oluyingozi, intetho yentiyo, iindaba zobuxoki kunye neendlela ezahlukeneyo zomxholo ocacileyo.
Kwaye i-encryption ye-WhatsApp yokuphela ukuya ekupheleni yenza kube nzima ukukhangela umthombo wolwazi. Kwangaxeshanye, iingcali zoPhando lwe-Checkpoint zibonise i-Checkpoint Research Burp Suit utility, edlula ngokulula uguqulelo oluntsonkothileyo kwaye ikuvumela ukuba ulawule isicatshulwa. Ukufezekisa oku, abaphandi basebenzisa inguqulo yewebhu ye-WhatsApp, evumela abasebenzisi ukuba badibanise iifowuni zabo usebenzisa ikhowudi ye-QR.
Njengoko kwavela, kwinkqubo yokudlulisa isitshixo sikawonke-wonke, sinokubanjwa ngokulula kwaye ufumane ukufikelela kwingxoxo. Kwaye okwangoku ingxaki ihlala ifanelekile.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru