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Kaspersky: "It's difficult for a hacker to exploit the bug on Apple's FaceTime"

During the morning, news of the bug that affected Apple's popular FaceTime camera-chatting application has spread, affecting users who make video calls over the iPhone and iPad. According to experts, the security breach allows hackers to hear and even see who gets the call before the person has attended.
Security expert Kaspersky Lab issued a statement announcing the problem, noting that it is difficult for a hacker to exploit this bug, allowing him to see and hear the person to whom he is calling, victim would receive a warning call. However, the expert claims that the only risk scenario is when the target devices are in "silent" mode, which in this case could be heard private conversations without being detected.
Kaspersky defends Apple by saying that software has so many lines of code that it is almost impossible to offer a fully buggy experience. And that's what software developers rely on the security community to help find and fix these bugs before they are exploited by hackers.
The expert says the apple brand has made good "crisis" management by alerting its users and temporarily disabling the FaceTime Group Chat application in order to protect their customers from possible privacy abuse. The company reinforces the warning for users to keep the application off until the respective fix is ​​released. Sapo