Urgent: WhatsApp Patches Critical Zero-Click Exploit Targeting iOS and macOS
Urgent: WhatsApp Patches Critical Zero-Click Exploit Targeting iOS and macOS WhatsApp has issued an emergency security update for its messaging applications on Apple iOS and macOS. The update addresses a critical “zero-click” vulnerability, CVE-2025-55177, which may have been actively exploited in the wild as part of sophisticated, targeted attacks. This severe flaw, discovered by WhatsApp’s internal security team, stems from insufficient authorization in linked device synchronization messages. It could allow an attacker to force a target’s device to process content…