WhatsApp has fixed a security bug that allowed hackers to take over the messaging app with a malicious GIF. The hack could be triggered when a user opened a malicious GIF in their gallery.

Update: A WhatsApp spokesperson has since addressed the GIF vulnerability in an email to ... The danger stems from a double-free bug in WhatsApp, according to a researcher going by the nickname ...

A security bug has been found in Facebook-owned instant messenger WhatsApp that could let attackers obtain access to a device and steal data by sending a malicious GIF file. The danger stems from ...

Microsoft has resolved security problems in Microsoft Teams that could have been used in an attack chain to take over user accounts -- all with the help of a .GIF file. On Monday, cybersecurity ...

(CNN) — WhatsApp has fixed a security bug that allowed hackers to take over the messaging app with a malicious GIF. The hack could be triggered when a user opened a malicious GIF in their gallery.