- May 4, 2019
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Ever wonder how hackers can hack your smartphone remotely?
In a report shared with The Hacker News today, Check Point researchers disclosed details about a critical vulnerability in Instagram's Android app that could have allowed remote attackers to take control over a targeted device just by sending victims a specially crafted image.
What's more worrisome is that the flaw not only lets attackers perform actions on behalf of the user within the Instagram app—including spying on victim's private messages and even deleting or posting photos from their accounts—but also execute arbitrary code on the device.
Major Instagram App Bug Could've Given Hackers Remote Access to Your Phone
CVE-2020-1895: A critical vulnerability in Instagram's Android app that could have allowed remote attackers to take control over a targeted device
thehackernews.com