The easiest way to use WhatsApp is through a computer program, or a version of the web browsers, because it allows access to conversations on a larger screen, without having to open the smartphone on two occasions. Three to answer. The macOS app is available from the Mac App Store Apple laptops and computers.
He is not a complete customer, far from it. It requires the smartphone to be unlocked and connected to the Internet to establish communication, in addition to its services is limited in some way, away from the services offered by other platforms such as Telegal. However, it does work, even though a bug has been detected that puts our computer files at risk.
WhatsApp version 0.4.316 for macOS fix bug
Computer security researcher Gal Weizman found that old WhatsApp types have a huge flaw that allows attackers to access files on computers that have Windows and macOS applications. As noted by 9to5Mac, the researcher relies on a previous problem where the answers are false to the original text.
The "nomination" function can be used in a group chat to change the identity of a sender, even if the person is not a member of the group, and the text of the other staff's response, puts words in their mouths.
This is not limited to text. Weizman has investigated and concluded that ** it may be possible to hide seemingly secure communications in a WhatsApp message in order to redirect the user to a malicious website that generates Javascript code. You were able to use the code to read Windows and Mac computer files.
The reason for this insecurity is that the app was built using Electron, a platform that allows you to build "native" apps using standard web features. Many companies use it because they only care about web source code and desktop application. Electron is based on Chromium, so it is always renewable.
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WhatsApp for Mac and Windows was based, for a time, on Chrome 69, a web browser version of a certain age and so on Has more than five abuses of the "1 day" type for remote code execution. Fortunately, it seems that the latest version of the application for these programs solves the problem.
How to install app updates to macOS automatically
Many times we let it take you a long time before updating installed apps negligently, with examples like this show how important it is to keep up to date. Allowing it to automatically renew when a new version is available is easy:
- Opening System Preferences
- We are looking at the Software Update panel
- Click the Advanced button
- Check the check for updates
- We enable updates to the App Store checkbox installation app
