Cyber experts have issued an important warning for all WhatsApp users. It has been told that there is a trick through which hackers can get full access to your WhatsApp.
They will then be able to send and receive messages to your family and friends through your Whatsapp account, just like you do. Now when they will be able to send any message to anyone, there is a great possibility that they may do some scam in your name, about which even you do not know anything.
What is the whole matter
This trick was first noticed by Zuk Avraham, a security researcher at cops. After this, the cyber security experts of Malwarebytes Labs have also issued their warning on this.
According to Zak 'it works like you are sleeping. A hacker tries to log into your account through WhatsApp. You get a message that says 'Don't share this'. Now you do not share it but still, your account gets hacked.
Hackers take advantage of two mistakes using methods that cannot be explained in detail. But we will tell you the best way to stay safe.
Once the hacker gets access to your Whatsapp account. So after that, they can set the PIN in 2-factor authentication to prevent you from getting back your account.
Malwarebytes Labs has warned on this, "Once the account is hijacked, the hacker can use it to hijack the accounts of users' contacts, spread malware among them, and many other things."
How to be safe from
A simple solution to stay safe is to use the best voicemail protections on your phone rather than the default options.
Apart from this, you can also prevent cyber attacks by simply setting up 2-factor authentication on your WhatsApp. It's very easy to set up and it also works to prevent many common WhatsApp takeover tricks.
-To set it up, open WhatsApp on your phone.
-After that go to its Settings.
-Then you have to tap on Account.
-Finally, here you will get the option of 2-Step Verification, tap on it.
