ava on Nostr: **WhatsApp for Windows lets Python, PHP scripts execute with no warning** "For the ...
**WhatsApp for Windows lets Python, PHP scripts execute with no warning**
"For the attack to be successful, Python needs to be installed, a prerequisite that may limit the targets to software developers, researchers, and power users.
The problem is similar to the one affecting Telegram for Windows in April, which was initially rejected but fixed later, where attackers could bypass security warnings and perform remote code execution when sending a Python .pyzw file through the messaging client."
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/whatsapp-for-windows-lets-python-php-scripts-execute-with-no-warning/
"For the attack to be successful, Python needs to be installed, a prerequisite that may limit the targets to software developers, researchers, and power users.
The problem is similar to the one affecting Telegram for Windows in April, which was initially rejected but fixed later, where attackers could bypass security warnings and perform remote code execution when sending a Python .pyzw file through the messaging client."
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/whatsapp-for-windows-lets-python-php-scripts-execute-with-no-warning/