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WhatsApp vulnerability could be used to infect Windows users with malware (CVE-2025-30401)
2025-04-09 12:51

WhatsApp users are urged to update the Windows client app to plug a serious security vulnerability (CVE-2025-30401) that may allow attackers to trick users into running malicious code. Meta...

Don't open that JPEG in WhatsApp for Windows. It might be an .EXE
2025-04-08 18:32

What a MIME field A bug in WhatsApp for Windows can be exploited to execute malicious code by anyone crafty enough to persuade a user to open a rigged attachment - and, to be fair, it doesn't take...

WhatsApp flaw can let attackers run malicious code on Windows PCs
2025-04-08 16:21

Meta warned Windows users to update the WhatsApp messaging app to the latest version to patch a vulnerability that can let attackers execute malicious code on their devices. [...]

WhatsApp's Meta AI is now rolling out in Europe, and it can't be turned off
2025-03-27 14:31

You can't escape AI in WhatsApp even if you are based in one of the 41 European countries. Today, more people are seeing the Meta AI chatbot being added to WhatsApp. [...]

WhatsApp patched zero-click flaw exploited in Paragon spyware attacks
2025-03-19 16:02

WhatsApp has patched a zero-click, zero-day vulnerability used to install Paragon's Graphite spyware following reports from security researchers at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab. [...]

Journalists and Civil Society Members Using WhatsApp Targeted by Paragon Spyware
2025-02-03 12:05

This is yet another story of commercial spyware being used against journalists and civil society members. The journalists and other civil society members were being alerted of a possible breach of...

Meta Confirms Zero-Click WhatsApp Spyware Attack Targeting 90 Journalists, Activists
2025-02-01 05:29

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said it disrupted a campaign that involved the use of spyware to target journalists and civil society members. The campaign, which targeted around 90 members,...

Star Blizzard hackers abuse WhatsApp to target high-value diplomats
2025-01-19 15:23

Russian nation-state actor Star Blizzard has been running a new spear-phishing campaign to compromise WhatsApp accounts of targets in government, diplomacy, defense policy, international...

How Russian hackers went after NGOs’ WhatsApp accounts
2025-01-17 15:26

Star Blizzard, a threat actor tied to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), was spotted attempting to compromise targets’ WhatsApp accounts through a clever phishing campaign. The campaign...

Russia's Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts
2025-01-16 19:15

FSB cyberspies venture into a new app for espionage, Microsoft says Star Blizzard, a prolific phishing crew backed by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), conducted a new campaign aiming to...