⚠️ A serious vulnerability has been discovered in Telegram!
🦠 Information is spreading online again claiming that attackers can infect a device simply by sending a special animated sticker. Supposedly, the user doesn’t even need to tap anything.
☝️ But there’s an important clarification!
🔍 Researchers at the Zero Day Initiative did discover a vulnerability in Telegram’s animation processing library. It was initially rated 9.8 out of 10.
⚙️ However, technical details were published on October 15, the rating was lowered to 7.0, and exploiting the vulnerability requires user interaction.
🛡️ So, the vulnerability is real, but the claim that any user could lose access to their device just by receiving a single sticker has not been confirmed.
👀
Just to be safe, I recommend updating Telegram to the latest version and not opening suspicious files or stickers!
#Telegram
🦠 Information is spreading online again claiming that attackers can infect a device simply by sending a special animated sticker. Supposedly, the user doesn’t even need to tap anything.
☝️ But there’s an important clarification!
🔍 Researchers at the Zero Day Initiative did discover a vulnerability in Telegram’s animation processing library. It was initially rated 9.8 out of 10.
⚙️ However, technical details were published on October 15, the rating was lowered to 7.0, and exploiting the vulnerability requires user interaction.
🛡️ So, the vulnerability is real, but the claim that any user could lose access to their device just by receiving a single sticker has not been confirmed.
👀
Just to be safe, I recommend updating Telegram to the latest version and not opening suspicious files or stickers!
#Telegram
