With more than one billion active users, Instagram is without a doubt one of the most popular social media apps around the world.
But if you use Instagram, a new report may ring alarm bells for you. Researchers from Check Point have discovered a critical vulnerability in Instagram that could let a hacker take over your account simply by sending you one image.
When the image is saved and opened in the Instagram app, the flaw could let hackers gain full access to your account - including your photos and messages Worryingly, it would also give them access to your phone’s contacts, camera and location data.
The vulnerability was found in Mozipeg, an open source, JPEG decoder, which is used by Instagram to upload images. As a result, the
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