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Apr 08 2025 Don't open that JPEG in WhatsApp for Windows. It might be an .EXE

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What a MIME field A bug in WhatsApp for Windows can be exploited to execute malicious code by anyone crafty enough to persuade a user to open a rigged attachment - and, to be fair, it doesn't take much craft to pull that off.... [...]

Posted by Jessica Lyons on Tue 08 April 2025 in The Register.

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