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jonplackett
on May 14, 2019
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WhatsApp voice calls were used to inject spyware o...
Isn’t this also a screw up by Apple?
Isn’t Sandboxing supposed to prevent this from getting any worse than hacking the app itself?
auiya
on May 14, 2019
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Userspace isolation doesn't matter when the malware only cares about what's in userspace.
floatingatoll
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Isn’t every article about this saying it persists, without saying how or whether it’s a sandbox escape? If it just spins up bad code in WhatsApp space, that’s sufficient to spy on you.
jonplackett
on May 15, 2019
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I'm sure I saw one say it infected the OS. I would like to know some more proper details too.
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Isn’t Sandboxing supposed to prevent this from getting any worse than hacking the app itself?