Is WhatsApp Secure? - Threat Wire




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Summary: <br> Does WhatsApp really have a backdoor? Thousands of MongoDB Databases have been deleted across the web, cardless ATMs sounds like a terrible idea, and Cellebrite got hacked... Coming up now on Threat Wire.<br> -------------------------------<br> Shop: http://www.hakshop.com<br> Support: http://www.patreon.com/threatwire<br> Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/hak5<br> Our Site: http://www.hak5.org<br> Contact Us: http://www.twitter.com/hak5<br> ------------------------------<br> Links:<br> http://thehackernews.com/2017/01/whatsapp-backdoor-encryption.html<br> http://arstechnica.com/security/2017/01/whatsapp-and-friends-take-umbrage-at-report-its-crypto-is-backdoored/<br> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows-snooping-on-encrypted-messages<br> <br> https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/how-to-avoid-a-malicious-attack-that-ransoms-your-data<br> http://arstechnica.com/security/2017/01/more-than-10000-online-databases-taken-hostage-by-ransomware-attackers/<br> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/extortionists-wipe-thousands-of-databases-victims-who-pay-up-get-stiffed/<br> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/stolen-passwords-fuel-cardless-atm-fraud/<br> http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/legal_guides/cr-6.shtml<br> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/hack-reveals-data-company-cellebrite-works-with-everyone-from-us-cops-to-russia/<br> http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hacker-steals-900-gb-of-cellebrite-data<br> http://www.cellebrite.com/Mobile-Forensics/News-Events/Press-Releases/cellebrite-statement-on-information-security-breach<br> <br> Youtube Thumbnail credit:<br> https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5469/9344676230_55dbffe0f0_b.jpg<br>