Spyware Landfall Exploited Samsung Phones Via WhatsApp Image Flaw

Imagine your phone has a secret door that only a few people know about.

Hackers found a way to use this secret door, called Landfall spyware, to sneak into certain Samsung phones.

They didn't even need you to click anything; they just sent a special picture file through apps like WhatsApp.

Once inside, the spyware could look at your photos, read your messages, see who you called, and even listen through your phone's microphone.

Security experts discovered this trick and told Samsung.

Samsung fixed the problem, but it took many months for the fix to be released, leaving phones vulnerable for a long time.

This shows how important it is to keep your phone's software updated.

Researchers also noticed a similar problem affecting iPhones, suggesting that hackers are finding new ways to spy on phones using picture files.