"Whats App" denies the existence of a vulnerability in the application of the system "Android"

Instant Messaging service received " Watts August " on what security adviser about the existence of a vulnerability in their application to the operating system " Android" that allows other applications to access and read all chat conversations for the user.

After news spread of the gap in Internet spread like wildfire , a spokesman responded , " What's Up " by saying that these reports exaggerated , and confirmed that the last update which was released the day before yesterday came to enhance the capabilities of the application security .

The spokesman reiterated its recommendations for users of the service , " Watts August " stabilizing all updates issued by the service, which will fix the problems of security , and urged users to download their applications from reliable stores only .

Experts believe that , " Watts August " so would reduce the news that talk about the existence of a security flaw in its application , and it blames the user who makes the data stored on external memory cards vulnerable Ptttbh malware or viruses.

The " Bass Buschir " , chief technology officer at the company Company " Double Think " DoubleThink has pointed out on his blog , that the application of " What's Up " system "Android " that stores all the talks of the user on the external memory cards " ASD " SD, this can be for other applications access to the latter, as long as there is permission by the user to do so.

According to experts , the most important reason in this case is the poor infrastructure of the operating system "Android " from " Google " which was confirmed by a recent report of the company " Kaspersky Lab " , as it was reported that nearly 98 percent of malware targeting smart devices over the past year 2013 , was for the system "Android " .

The " Watts August " service Instant Messaging months around the world with the number of users to more than 450 million , and is now operating under the umbrella of social networking " Facebook " , after the acquisition Bakmah 19 billion dollars , was announced in February 20 last year.