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NSO Group Exploited WhatsApp to Install Pegasus Spyware Even After Meta's Lawsuit
2024-11-18 05:52

Legal documents released as part of an ongoing legal tussle between Meta's WhatsApp and NSO Group have revealed that the Israeli spyware vendor used multiple exploits targeting the messaging app...

NSO Group used another WhatsApp zero-day after being sued, court docs say
2024-11-15 22:04

Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group reportedly used multiple zero-day exploits, including an unknown one named "Erised," that leveraged WhatsApp vulnerabilities to deploy Pegasus spyware in...

WhatsApp now encrypts contact databases for privacy-preserving synching
2024-10-23 18:52

The WhatsApp messenger platform has introduced Identity Proof Linked Storage (IPLS), a new privacy-preserving encrypted storage system designed for contact management. [...]

WhatsApp may expose the OS you use to run it – which could expose you to crooks
2024-10-16 04:26

Messaging service creates persistent user IDs that have different qualities on each device An analysis of Meta's WhatsApp messaging software reveals that it may expose which operating system a...

WhatsApp still working on making View Once chats actually disappear for all
2024-09-18 00:16

So far it's more like View Forever Updated Meta's efforts to stop people repeatedly viewing WhatsApp’s so-called View Once messages – photos, videos, and voice recordings that disappear from chats...

WhatsApp's 'View Once' could be 'View Whenever' due to a flaw
2024-09-09 22:15

It promised vanishing messages, but now 'it's privacy theater' Video A popular privacy feature in WhatsApp is "completely broken and can be trivially bypassed," according to developers at...

Meta fixes easily bypassed WhatsApp ‘View Once’ privacy feature
2024-09-09 17:40

A privacy flaw in WhatsApp, an instant messenger with over 2 billion users worldwide, is being exploited by attackers to bypass the app's "View once" feature and view messages again. [...]

Meta Exposes Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Global Political Figures on WhatsApp
2024-08-24 06:55

Meta Platforms on Friday became the latest company after Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI to expose the activities of an Iranian state-sponsored threat actor, who it said used a set of WhatsApp...

New Phishing Scam Uses Google Drawings and WhatsApp Shortened Links
2024-08-08 09:41

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a novel phishing campaign that leverages Google Drawings and shortened links generated via WhatsApp to evade detection and trick users into clicking on bogus links designed to steal sensitive information. "The attackers chose a group of the best-known websites in computing to craft the threat, including Google and WhatsApp to host the attack elements, and an Amazon look-alike to harvest the victim's information," Menlo Security researcher Ashwin Vamshi said.

WhatsApp for Windows lets Python, PHP scripts execute with no warning
2024-07-27 14:18

A security issue in the latest version of WhatsApp for Windows allows sending Python and PHP attachments that are executed without any warning when the recipient opens them. WhatsApp blocks multiple file types considered to carry a risk to users but the company tells BleepingComputer that it does not plan to add Python scripts to the list.