Telegram Android Flaw Sparks Bybit Security Warning for Crypto Users

Crypto exchange Bybit told users on Friday to update Telegram on Android now. The warning follows a bug that let a single chat message run code on Android phones. The risk reaches beyond Telegram. “A compromised device could also put other apps at risk,” Bybit said . Exchange and wallet apps often share a phone with Telegram. What did the Telegram bug do? On November 9, Telegram let bots send “widgets,” small apps inside a chat message, according to tbreak . Two days later, security firm V12 posted a video in which a bot message opened an Android phone’s Calculator app on its own. That demonstrates remote code execution (RCE): an outsider making a device run commands it should not.

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