Security News

Breaches Tied to Chat Network Provider
2018-04-07 04:26

Delta, Sears, Kmart and Best Buy Breaches All Stem From Hack of Same VendorA spate of payment card breaches at some of the most recognized U.S. brands has been blamed on the hacking of India-based...

Delta, Sears Breaches Blamed on Malware Attack Against a Third-Party Chat Service
2018-04-05 22:48

Security experts say breaches impacting Delta Air Lines and Sears customers is tied to malware planted on a third-party chat service.

Bot-ched security: Chat system hacked to slurp hundreds of thousands of Delta Air Lines, Sears customers' bank cards
2018-04-01 00:00

Hi! How may we pwn you today? Hackers are feared to have swiped sensitive personal information held by two of the best known companies in the US – after malware infected a customer support software maker.…

WhatsApp, Signal group chats not as secure as users might believe
2018-01-11 18:34

Researchers have discovered flaws in the way WhatsApp, Signal, and Threema messaging apps handle secure (encrypted) group communication, which could result in unauthorized users getting added to...

WhatsApp Flaw Could Allow 'Potential Attackers' to Spy On Encrypted Group Chats
2018-01-10 20:03

A more dramatic revelation of 2018—an outsider can secretly eavesdrop on your private end-to-end encrypted group chats on WhatsApp and Signal messaging apps. Considering protection against three...

Microsoft Cortana Can Now Read Your Skype Messages to Make Chat Smarter
2017-10-10 08:31

Microsoft today announced built-in support for Cortana—an artificial intelligence-powered smart assistant—in Skype messenger on Android as well as iOS devices. What purpose does it serve?...

Australia to Compel Chat Apps to Hand Over Encrypted Messages (Security Week)
2017-07-14 12:05

Social media giants like Facebook and WhatsApp will be compelled to share encrypted messages of suspected terrorists and other criminals with Australian police under new laws unveiled Friday. read more

Popular Chat Platforms Can Serve as C&C Servers: Researchers (Security Week)
2017-06-07 18:06

Popular chat platforms such as Slack, Discord and Telegram can be abused by malicious actors and turned into command and control (C&C) infrastructure, according to Trend Micro. read more

Keybase Extension Brings End-to-End Encrypted Chat To Twitter, Reddit, GitHub (Threatpost)
2017-05-25 18:43

A recently released extension for Chrome, developed by the public key crypto database Keybase, brought end-to-end encrypted messaging to several apps this week.