India, Feb. 4 -- According to reports, the Graphite spyware gave hackers the ability to access the user's terminal or take control of it without the user's consent.

Worse still, the messages were sent to journalists and civil society activists. And now, across the encrypted world, alarms are blaring. Graphite spyware bypassed all the protections built into compromised devices, not even WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption.

The big tech companies, like Meta, who served Paragon with a cease and desist, are now also going to sue. So until these issues are resolved, don't give apps too many permissions and keep an eye out for anything suspicious while updating.

The incident shows how soon available spyware can be a danger, and so we need more ...