A Bug in Facebook Messenger Could Allow Prospective Hackers to Alter Conversations

Facebook Messenger has a whopping 900 million monthly active users which means a hitch on the platform puts millions of users at risk.

The popular instant messaging service just embraced end-to-end encryption that aimed at keeping off man-in-the-middle attackers from spying private messages sent by users over the platform. However, a new flaw emerged that could allow prospective criminals to spy private messages.

Security researchers at Check Point detected a backdoor that could allow prospective hackers to alter chats and spread malware on Messenger Android app and desktop Facebook chat. They will demonstrate the bug at the upcoming Info security Conference. The bug allows someone to modify or completely remove texts, links, and images which can lead to spreading of malware, implication of innocent individuals or removal of a legal evidence.

The actual security researcher (Roman Zaikan) who discovered the weakness said that the way- in allows ill-mannered persons to initiate a man-in-the-middle attack on Messenger and read the conversations without either the sender or the receiver detecting. Worse of all the hacker can change your messages for personal gains, he added. For the full article click here 

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