Yellski

someone can hack your phone by sending you a telegram sticker and you don’t even have to open it a security researcher just showed that telegram’s animated stickers have a zero-click vulnerability rated 9.8 out of 10, that’s almost as critical as it gets you receive the sticker, telegram automatically processes it to show you a preview, and that’s it. code runs on your phone, no tap needed, no link clicked, nothing the worst part? telegram is saying the bug doesn’t exist. they claim their servers validate every sticker so this is “technically impossible.” meanwhile the researcher presented proof at a security conference in tokyo and the flawed code is still live in the app there’s no patch. the vulnerability was reported months ago and telegram hasn’t fixed it go to Settings → Privacy and Security → Messages and restrict who can message you. right now that’s the only thing between you and a sticker that owns your phone the app 300 million crypto users trust with their group chats doesn’t even acknowledge the door is open