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Mdukuzi ( An attacker ) anaweza kuteka akaunti ya WhatsApp ya mwathirika na kupata ufikiaji wa ujumbe wa kibinafsi na anwani kupitia hila. Mbinu inategemea huduma ya usambazaji wa simu moja kwa moja (  Call forwarding  )  inayotolewa na wabebaji wa simu za mkononi na chaguo la WhatsApp kutoa nambari ya uthibitishaji wa nenosiri la wakati mmoja (OTP) kupitia simu ya sauti.  Kulingana na Rahul Sasi, mwanzilishi na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa CloudSEK, biashara ya kuzuia hatari ya dijiti, mkakati huo hutumiwa kudukua akaunti za WhatsApp. Inapojaribiwa, iligunduliwa kuwa njia hiyo inafanya kazi, lakini kwa shida kadhaa ambazo mdukuzi mwenye uzoefu wa kutosha anaweza kupita. Wadukuzi wanaweza kuchukua akaunti ya WhatsApp ya mwathirika kwa dakika chache tu, lakini lazima kwanza wapate nambari ya simu ya mlengwa na kuwa tayari kushiriki katika uhandisi wa kijamii.  Sasi anasema kwamba mshambulizi lazima kwanza amshawishi mwathirika kupiga nambari inayoanza na nambari ya Man Machine Interface (MMI)

WhatsApp will no longer work on these iOS and Android smartphones since November, is yours on the list?   The last few months have been quite hectic for WhatsApp , which has launched one novelty after another. However, these innovations have a price and that is because the platform is no longer capable of supporting all smartphone models . Therefore, the messaging app  shared a list  of iOS and Android devices which will no longer work since November 1. The mobile devices on the list will no longer receive support from the application and will be incompatible with WhatsApp . This in order to focus its efforts on the latest generation smartphones, to guarantee an optimal service of the app. In general, the affected devices will be those with an operating system equal to or lower than Android 4.0.3 . Or, in the case of iPhone , devices with iOS 9 and earlier . That is to say, practically obsolete equipment that since they do not have the capacity to support the updates. Here is t

  Google bans 8 dangerous apps from Play Store; DELETE them from your phone now, check list NEWS These 8 apps banned by Google were luring people who were interested in making money from cryptocurrencies. (REUTERS) Google has banned as many as 8 dangerous apps from its Play Store including BitFunds, Bitcoin Miner, Bitcoin,Bitcoin (BTC) and more. You must delete them from your smartphone too; check the full list. Cryptocurrency mining has been garnering everyone's interest especially over the span of the last couple of months. However, hackers are using this public interest in cryptocurrencies to trick innocent netizens into installing malicious apps on their smartphones containing dangerous malware and adware. The good thing is that these malicious actors have been identified and Google has removed them. In fact, as many as 8 dangerous apps have been removed from Google Play Store that were masquerading as cryptocurrency mining apps - users were lured by promises of earning big pro