Telegram’s head, Pavel Durov, denied the existence of a vulnerability in the macOS version of the messenger. He announced this in his official newspaper. channel.
Russian newspapers claim that Telegram “verified a vulnerability” in an application for Apple’s computers. This is wrong. On the contrary, we explained in our article that there is no security vulnerability. Because the stated “weakness” was as follows: “If an attacker already had access to your computer, they could control your camera and microphone via Telegram.” But if the computer is already compromised, then accessing the microphone via Telegram is the least of the problems to worry about, ”the businessman explained.
Durov expressed regret that the media “frequently follows high-profile headlines” and thus misleads readers, so people may not pay attention to real threats. As an example, he cited the case in the WhatsApp messenger, where a dangerous vulnerability in the service allowed an attacker to gain full control over the victim’s device.
“If the media headlines about imaginary and real threats are the same, people will stop taking them seriously – it’ll be like a fairy tale about a kid yelling ‘Wolf’ unnecessarily,” Durov concluded.
Formerly socialbites.ca we talked about itGoogle engineer Dan Reva discovered a dangerous vulnerability in the version of Telegram messenger for macOS that activates the camera and microphone without the device owner’s knowledge.