Security News

Telegram Must Give FSB Encryption Keys: Russian Court
2018-03-20 12:05

Moscow - Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the popular Telegram messenger app must provide the country's security services with encryption keys to read users' messaging data, agencies...

Telegram IM security flaw – what you see is NOT always what you get
2018-02-16 18:23

Crooks revived an old visual trick to disguise files that would otherwise look dangerous right away.

How cybercriminals exploited Telegram flaw to deliver malware
2018-02-14 19:30

A “vulnerability” in Telegram’s desktop instant messaging client for Windows was exploited for months by Russian cybercriminals to deliver malware to users. Kaspersky Lab researchers discovered in...

Venerable Unicode Technique Used to Deliver Cryptomining Malware Through Telegram
2018-02-13 19:36

It's just the latest reported vulnerability for the secure messaging application.

Zero-Day in Telegram's Windows Client Exploited for Months
2018-02-13 15:40

A zero-day vulnerability impacting Telegram Messenger’s Windows client had been exploited in malicious attacks for months before being discovered and addressed.  read more

Hackers Exploit 'Telegram Messenger' Zero-Day Flaw to Spread Malware
2018-02-13 13:48

A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in the desktop version for end-to-end encrypted Telegram messaging app that was being exploited in the wild in order to spread malware that mines...

Russia Fines Telegram For Not Giving Backdoor Access
2017-10-16 12:47

A Russian court on Monday fined the popular Telegram messenger app for failing to provide the country's security services with encryption keys to read users' messaging data. read more

Telegram-based Katyusha SQL injection scanner sold on hacker forums (Help Net Security)
2017-07-12 20:51

Despite regularly achieving one of the top spots on the OWASP Top 10 list of the most critical web application security risks, injection vulnerabilities continue to plague database-driven web...

Katyusha Scanner — Telegram-based Fully Automated SQL Injection Tool (The Hackers News)
2017-07-12 02:23

A new powerful hacking tool recently introduced in an underground forum is making rounds these days, allowing anyone to rapidly conduct website scans for SQL injection flaws on a massive scale —...

Telegram-Controlled Hacking Tool Targets SQL Injection at Scale (Threatpost)
2017-07-11 20:55

The Katyusha Scanner can find SQL injection bugs at scale, and is managed via the Telegram messenger on any smartphone.