I-WhatsApp messenger isetshenziswa ngabasebenzisi ababalelwa ku-1,5 billion emhlabeni jikelele. Ngakho-ke, iqiniso lokuthi abahlaseli bangasebenzisa inkundla ukukhohlisa noma ukukhohlisa imilayezo yengxoxo liyethusa kakhulu. Inkinga itholwe yinkampani yakwa-Israel i-Checkpoint Research, mayelana nalokhu engqungqutheleni yezokuphepha ye-Black Hat 2019 e-Las Vegas.
Njengoba kuvela, iphutha likuvumela ukuthi usebenzise umsebenzi wokucaphuna ngokushintsha amagama, futhi ungabeka kabusha umlayezo wangempela womsebenzisi, futhi uthumele imilayezo emaqenjini esikhundleni somuntu othize.
Abacwaningi bathi baxwayisa i-WhatsApp ngamaphutha ngo-Agasti nyakenye, kodwa inkampani yalungisa kuphela ubungozi besithathu. Ezinye ezimbili zisasebenza nanamuhla, okusho ukuthi zingase zisetshenziswe abahlaseli ngezinjongo ezinonya. I-WhatsApp inqabile ukuphawula. Kodwa-ke, i-Facebook itshele abacwaningi ukuthi ezinye izinkinga ezimbili azikwazanga ukuxazululwa ngenxa “yokulinganiselwa kwengqalasizinda” esicelweni.
Qaphela ukuthi isithunywa sisetshenziswa emazweni amaningi, kuhlanganise neNdiya, lapho abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-400 besisebenzisa. Yilokhu kusabalala okwenze uhlelo lokusebenza lwaba inkundla yokusabalalisa ulwazi oluyingozi, inkulumo enenzondo, izindaba ezingamanga kanye nezinhlobo ezahlukene zokuqukethwe okuyingcaca.
Futhi ukubethela kokuphela uye ekupheleni kwe-WhatsApp kwenza kube nzima ukulandelela umthombo wolwazi. Ngaso leso sikhathi, ochwepheshe be-Checkpoint Research babonise insiza ye-Checkpoint Research Burp Suit, edlula kalula ukubethela futhi ikuvumela ukuthi uguqule umbhalo. Ukufeza lokhu, abacwaningi basebenzisa inguqulo yewebhu ye-WhatsApp, evumela abasebenzisi ukuthi baxhumanise amafoni abo besebenzisa ikhodi ye-QR.
Njengoba kwenzeka, ohlelweni lokudlulisa ukhiye womphakathi, ungabanjwa kalula futhi uthole ukufinyelela engxoxweni. Futhi okwamanje inkinga isabalulekile.
Source: 3dnews.ru