They discover a vulnerability in Instagram for iPhone 5
It seems that WhatsApp is not the only application that has become the target of hackers Now we have learned that Instagram, the social network of photo retouchingalso has some security problems that can put in jeopardy the privacy of the user or, at least, the security of your account A problem that should not cause a social alarm, since it does not seem to have spread or cause serious problems and that, in addition , we can avoid
The problem was discovered by a hacker named Carlo Reventlov, who appears to have thoroughly investigated the operation of Instagram on a iPhone 5 with iOS 6 Thus, you have studied the processes of logging or user registration to enter the application and the edition of the profile, which are usually weak points in these applications. However, those of Instagram have done their job well, encrypting the data that is sent to the servers so that it cannot be intercepted by third parties. The error comes from information that is sent annexed and unprotected in this process. A cookie that can be intercepted and give way to that curious person with sufficient computer knowledgeto sneak into our account.
According to the commented hacker, this vulnerability allows third parties to have access to our images published on this social networkThus, they could download or even delete our photos retouched and published in Instagram Furthermore, according to research by Reventlov, given the necessary knowledge, the hacker would be able totake control of the intercepted user's account, although this last matter has not been verified by other security websites, such as the possibility of downloading and deleting our images, which have been confirmed.
However, as we said, no need to be alarmed This process seems to only occur if both the user and the hacker are connected to the same Internet network Something to keep in mind, especially users of Instagramtry to save a few MB off your data rate by posting images viaWiFi and not from 3GIn this way we will avoid these dangerous situations, preventing our information from being captured during any process through the connection. With this we would avoid all the security problems of Instagram known so far.
But what is really serious about this matter is that no solution has been put in place by itself Instagram Apparently, the hacker commissioned to inform the company of this security breach on November 11th However, there has been no response from Instagram in the form of update to solve the problem, as usual in the rest of applications Perhaps you don't think this is a serious issue. Although, it is true that does not seem like a problem that has been echoed But it calls into question the operation of a company that does not seems overly concerned about the safety of its users
