Here’s how to avert the WhatsAppocalypse.

WhatsApp is warning iPhone users to update the messaging service as soon as possible amid an insidious, precision cyberattack against specific individuals.

“We assess that this vulnerability, in combination with an OS-level vulnerability on Apple platforms (CVE-2025-43300), may have been exploited in a sophisticated attack against specific targeted users,” the advisory reads.

Dubbed CVE-2025-55177, this digital flaw could have “allowed an unrelated user to trigger processing of content from an arbitrary URL on a target’s device,” per the advisory. 3

In layperson’s terms, the attacker can send the user malware or spyware under the guise of a harmless-looking link, Bitedefender reported. Donncha Ó Cearbhaill from Amnesty International

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