WhatsApp and Telegram acknowledged the security issue and developed fixes for worldwide web clients. Disclosure and patchingĬheck Point disclosed this information to the WhatsApp and Telegram security teams on March 8, 2017. The attacker can then send the malicious file to all the victim’s contacts, potentially enabling a widespread attack. As soon as the user clicks on the image, the attacker can gain full access to the victim’s WhatsApp or Telegram storage data, thus giving full access to the victim’s account. The vulnerability allows an attacker to send the victim malicious code, hidden within an innocent looking image. By exploiting this vulnerability, attackers could completely take over user accounts, and access victims’ personal and group conversations, photos, videos and other shared files, contact lists, and more. The original Telegram web interface is on version 0.7.0, while WebK is on version 0.4.0 and WebZ is currently on version 1.0 – which appears to be the latest version of the apps.Check Point researchers today revealed a new vulnerability on WhatsApp and Telegram’s online platforms – WhatsApp Web & Telegram Web. However, the version numbers for each of them were different.

Interestingly, when we used the old version of the Telegram web interface with both redesigns worked seamlessly and notifications arrived on time.

Read more: 5 things to know about the voice chat feature on Telegramīoth redesigns were supposedly picked out of a contest to work on a simplified web version of Telegram without using third-party UI frameworks, according to the report. Meanwhile, the second redesign is reportedly referred to as WebZ, which appears to be more complete, looks quite similar to the WebK variant, including the rounded chat bubbles – although it is missing the strong background blur.

The first redesign is dubbed WebK, which looks like it still requires a bit of work on the design front as some icons are missing or incorrectly applied, while others seem like they're in the wrong place – it does have a nice blur effect for chat backgrounds and a nice rounded chat bubble design. If we had to pick, the WebZ version of Telegram Web seems the most refined at this point - and also has the latest version number.

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