WhatsApp Improves Defense Against Malware-Based Account Takeover

Many new security features for WhatsApp have been unveiled today, one of which is called “Device Verification” and is intended to offer improved defense against account takeover (ATO) assaults. Device Verification stops malware from impersonating accounts and using stolen authentication keys to send phishing and scam messages to contacts on the targeted users’ contact lists […]

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