Security News

Departing MI5 chief: Break chat app crypto for us, kthxbai
2020-02-26 17:17

British spies are once again stipulating that tech companies break their encryption so life is made easier for state-sponsored eavesdroppers. The head of the domestic spy agency, Sir Andrew Parker, demanded that companies such as Facebook compromise the security of their messaging products so spies could read off the contents of messages at will.

Google stops indexing WhatsApp chats; other search engines still at it
2020-02-25 17:51

A simple Google search could lead people to invite codes that would let them find and join private WhatsApp group chats, given that the pages were indexed by Google. This is past tense, at least for Google search: as of Saturday, WhatsApp tweaked the glitch out of existence, though the search was still working on other, major search engines as of today.

Facebook will let parents see kids’ chat history, peer into inbox
2020-02-05 11:58

Seven months after a crack formed in the keep-the-kids-safe bubble of Facebook's Messenger Kids chat app, it's beefing up the app's Parent Dashboard with new tools and letting parents read their kids' chat histories, see the most recent videos and photos they sent or received, and delete any content they find objectionable. Facebook is pulling kids into that "What are you doing with my data?" conversation: it's developed an in-app activity that educates them on what other people can see about them, such as that people they know may see their name and photo and that parents can see and download their messaging content.

Vulnerability in WhatsApp Allows Attackers to Crash Group Chats
2019-12-17 14:40

WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption is only secure if you don't have the encryption keys. But researchers at Check Point Research developed a method of discovering the encryption keys, a produced a...

WhatsApp chaps rapped for crap app group chat zap: Infosec bods find a way to nuke messages, fix issued
2019-12-17 11:00

Good news for Check Point; less so for blabbermouths with regrets Security investigators say they have uncovered a vulnerability in WhatsApp that will gladden the heart of anyone who's ever...

Destroyed: A method of destroying Whatsapp group chats forever, say infosec bods of vuln patch
2019-12-17 11:00

Good news for Check Point; less so for blabbermouths with regrets Security investigators say they have uncovered a vulnerability in WhatsApp that will gladden the heart of anyone who's ever...

WhatsApp slaps app hacker chaps on the rack for booby-trapped chat: NSO Group accused of illegal hacking by Facebook
2019-10-29 21:51

Spyware used unlawfully against 1,400 targets, including human-rights bods, it is claimed Facebook and its WhatsApp subsidiary on Tuesday sued NSO Group, and affiliated corporate entity Q Cyber...

Facebook: ‘Technical error’ let strangers into Messenger Kids chats
2019-08-30 11:58

It won't happen again, Facebook told senators who wondered how well it's handling kids' privacy in the chat app abhorred by kids advocates.

Facebook got humans to listen in on some Messenger voice chats
2019-08-15 10:15

Facebook says it's paused the practice of collecting voice clips and sending them to employees to transcribe and analyze.

Parents, it’s time to delete Pet Chat from your child’s LeapPad
2019-08-09 12:54

LeapFrog has done lots to fix the security of the LeapPad. Now all that's left is for parents to scrape Pet Chat off of older tablets.