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Meta has offered details on how it intends to implement interoperability in WhatsApp and Messenger with third-party messaging services as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) went into effect in the...
A U.S. judge has ordered NSO Group to hand over its source code for Pegasus and other products to Meta as part of the social media giant's ongoing litigation against the Israeli spyware vendor....
42% of businesses report employees with BYOD devices in business settings that use tools like WhatsApp have led to new security incidents, according to SafeGuard Cyber. Messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, and Teams face constant threats, emphasizing the need for robust protection.
Meta-owned WhatsApp has launched a new Secret Code feature to help users protect sensitive conversations with a custom password on the messaging platform. The feature has been described as an...
WhatsApp has introduced a new Secret Code feature that allows users to hide their locked chats by setting a custom password. After it reaches your device, you can set a code specifically for securing locked chats independent from the device unlock code.
WhatsApp is rolling out a new privacy feature that helps Android and iOS users hide their location during calls by relaying the connection through WhatsApp servers. As the company's engineering team explained today, the users' location is hidden from other call participants by switching from the standard peer-to-peer direct connection between callers using the company's servers to obfuscate IP address metadata that could contain information on the users' internet service provider or broad geographical location.
Meta-owned WhatsApp is officially rolling out a new privacy feature in its messaging service called "Protect IP Address in Calls" that masks users' IP addresses to other parties by relaying the calls through its servers. "Calls are end-to-end encrypted, so even if a call is relayed through WhatsApp servers, WhatsApp cannot listen to your calls," the company said in a statement shared with The Hacker News.
Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a number of WhatsApp mods for Android that come fitted with a spyware module dubbed CanesSpy. These modified versions of the instant messaging app have...
Meta announced today that it's rolling out support for multiple WhatsApp accounts on the same device, allowing users to switch between them without needing to log out. "Today, we're introducing the ability to have two WhatsApp accounts logged in at the same time," the company said on Thursday.