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Pavel Durov Criticizes Outdated Laws After Arrest Over Telegram Criminal Activity
2024-09-06 04:02

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has broken his silence nearly two weeks after his arrest in France, stating the charges are misguided. "If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established...

Telegram apologizes to South Korea and takes down smutty deepfakes
2024-09-04 04:28

Unclear if this is a sign controversial service is cleaning up its act everywhere Controversial social network Telegram has co-operated with South Korean authorities and taken down 25 videos...

Telegram CEO was 'too free' on content moderation, says Russian minister
2024-09-02 16:35

CEO Pavel Durov charged in France, messaging platform insists it abides by EU laws Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who was cuffed and charged by the French police last week, was "too free" in his...

French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO with Facilitating Criminal Activities on Platform
2024-08-29 04:41

French prosecutors on Wednesday formally charged CEO Pavel Durov with facilitating a litany of criminal activity on the popular messaging platform and placed him under formal investigation...

Matthew Green on Telegram’s Encryption
2024-08-28 11:00

Matthew Green wrote a really good blog post on what Telegram’s encryption is and is not.

Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested in France for Content Moderation Failures
2024-08-25 05:54

Pavel Durov, founder and chief executive of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France on Saturday, according to French television network TF1. Durov is believed to have been...

Telegram App Flaw Exploited to Spread Malware Hidden in Videos
2024-07-24 11:59

A zero-day security flaw in Telegram's mobile app for Android called EvilVideo made it possible for attackers to malicious files disguised as harmless-looking videos. The exploit appeared for sale...

Vulnerability in Telegram app for Android allows sending malicious files disguised as videos
2024-07-23 09:04

Using the exploit to abuse a vulnerability that ESET named "EvilVideo," attackers could share malicious Android payloads via Telegram channels, groups, and chats, and make them appear to be multimedia files. "We found the exploit being advertised for sale on an underground forum. In the post, the seller shows screenshots and a video of testing the exploit in a public Telegram channel. We were able to identify the channel in question, with the exploit still available. That allowed us to get our hands on the payload and test it ourselves," explains ESET researcher Lukáš Štefanko, who discovered the Telegram exploit.

Telegram zero-day allowed sending malicious Android APKs as videos
2024-07-22 14:41

A Telegram for Android zero-day vulnerability dubbed 'EvilVideo' allowed attackers to send malicious Android APK payloads disguised as video files. A threat actor named 'Ancryno' first began selling the Telegram zero-day exploit on June 6, 2024, in a post on the Russian-speaking XSS hacking forum, stating the flaw existed in Telegram v10.14.4 and older.

361 million account credentials leaked on Telegram: Are yours among them?
2024-06-04 12:01

A new trove of 361 million email addresses has been added to Have I Been Pwned?, the free online service through which users can check whether their account credentials and other data has been compromised in one or more data breaches. The data includes lists of credentials for accounts grouped either by service or country.