Social networking giant Facebook will soon release an update for its messenger app. The patch
will fix the issue on iOS that allows attackers to make calls
automatically from users' phones by clicking on web link. Andrei
Neculaesei a developer from Copenhagen discovered the flaw
which can be triggered through the tel URL scheme. According to Apple
document, tel URL scheme is used to launch the mobile app on iOS devices
and allow dialing of the specified phone number. Applications like
Facebook Messenger, Apple's Facetime, Google+ and Gmail usually don't
show a pop-up for alerts when users tap a telephone link in a webpage
and allow making calls without user consent. <more>
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