WhatsApp and Telegram for the desktop are vulnerable to cyber attacks, notes a report prepared by researchers from Check Point Software Technologies. However, Telegram has denied there is any vulnerability in its service and has claimed that Check Point report is misleading. The Check Point report states that a bug on both WhatsApp and Telegram can be exploited by cyber criminals using an eye-catchy picture or a video. Through this bug, the hackers have the ability to gain access to a WhatsApp user's account. Once they gain entry, they can steal a WhatsApp user's personal details, copy contact list, chats with his or her friends, and steal photos and videos.

Source: India Today March 16, 2017 08:26 UTC