{"id":79249,"date":"2025-12-23T14:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=79249"},"modified":"2025-12-23T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:58:16","slug":"ghostpairing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ghostpairing\/","title":{"rendered":"GhostPairing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>GhostPairing Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued an advisory about an active threat campaign which targets WhatsApp users by using a new technique called GhostPairing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About GhostPairing<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GhostPairing is a <\/span><b>type of WhatsApp attack<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where hackers secretly link their own device to a victim\u2019s WhatsApp account.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It gives hackers almost full <\/span><b>access without the victim noticing.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GhostPairing&#8217; <\/span><b>allows cybercriminals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to take <\/span><b>complete control of WhatsApp accounts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without requiring passwords or SIM swaps.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The threat actors can <\/span><b>take over WhatsApp accounts without authorisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by tricking potential victims into entering the pairing codes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Modus Operandi of GhostPairing<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GhostPairing begins with victims receiving a message from a trusted contact that reads: \u201cHi, check this photo\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The message contains a link with a Facebook-style preview.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The link leads to a <\/span><b>fake Facebook viewer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that prompts users to \u201cverify\u201d to see the content.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Then, the attackers attempt to trick potential victims into entering their phone number and code.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By following a sequence of steps, victims unknowingly grant attackers full access to their WhatsApp accounts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/technology\/tech-news-technology\/what-is-ghostpairing-cert-in-warning-whatsapp-users-10431559\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GhostPairing is a type of WhatsApp attack where hackers secretly link their own device to a victim\u2019s WhatsApp account. 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