It's 2019 and a WhatsApp call can hack a phone: Zero-day exploit infects mobes with spyware

Rap for surveillanceware chaps in chat app voice yap trap flap - now everyone patch

A security flaw in WhatsApp can be, and has been, exploited to inject spyware into victims' smartphones: all a snoop needs to do is make a booby-trapped voice call to a target's number, and they're in. The victim doesn't need to do a thing other than leave their phone on."