Sometimes the electronic WhatsApp attacks are not due to national security holes, or because of engineering errors in the application, but rather because of our ignorance of protecting our accounts on the application of the most famous messages in the world.
According to “Forbes”, we can protect ourselves from account hacks on the WhatsApp application, by following simple steps that do not take more than a minute.
When it comes to hacking the WhatsApp app, or other messaging platforms, the hacking methods and their impact on the user vary.
In the past year, we saw cyberattacks targeting spyware targets, the application also witnessed dangerous multimedia files, which are exchanged in conversations, and we have also seen cases where a user is banned from logging into his WhatsApp account.
All of these problems were largely solved by the WhatsApp team, whose security system was repaired to protect users, but this did not prevent “hackers” from discovering new methods of attack.
To avoid a private account being “hacked” by hackers in the future, users can make a small change to their settings.
The site says that the user can assign a personal identification number, which will represent an additional security cover, which the user will have to enter to use WhatsApp from a new device.
Hackers usually resort to obtaining a message with a confirmation number, which is sent to a new phone number, to take over the WhatsApp account from their device, but the additional setup will prevent them from taking over the account.
So even if you get tricked and send the code to the hackers, they won’t have your PIN.
The WhatsApp ID feature can be found under Account Settings from within the app, under the phrase “Two-Step Verification”, and it takes less than a minute to set it up.
