Security News

Pwn an iPhone to bank $1m, Check Point gripes about WhatsApp privacy again, Broadcom eats Symantec enterprise biz
2019-08-09 00:30

Apple expands bug bounties, and more from Vegas this week Black Hat Here's a quick summary of some important infosec happenings from inside and outside the Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas on...

Black Hat 2019: WhatsApp Users Still Open to Message Manipulation
2019-08-08 12:00

Attack vectors disclosed last year are still fully exploitable, researchers demoed at Black Hat USA 2019.

More on Backdooring (or Not) WhatsApp
2019-08-02 19:18

Yesterday, I blogged about a Facebook plan to backdoor WhatsApp by adding client-side scanning and filtering. It seems that I was wrong, and there are no such plans. The only source for that post...

Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp
2019-08-01 11:51

This article points out that Facebook's planned content moderation scheme will result in an encryption backdoor into WhatsApp: In Facebook's vision, the actual end-to-end encryption client itself...

WhatsApp, Telegram Coding Blunders Can Expose Personal Media Files
2019-07-16 16:50

The issue, present on Android versions, is similar to the known man-in-the-disk attack vector.

Hackers Can Manipulate Media Files You Receive Via WhatsApp and Telegram
2019-07-16 09:33

If you think that the media files you receive on your end-to-end encrypted secure messaging apps can not be tampered with, you need to think again. Security researchers at Symantec yesterday...

Hackers Can Manipulate Media Files Transferred via WhatsApp, Telegram
2019-07-15 10:37

Hackers can manipulate media files transferred by users through the WhatsApp and Telegram messaging applications due to the way the Android operating system allows apps to access files in external...

Amnesty sues maker of Pegasus, the spyware let in by WhatsApp zero day
2019-05-21 11:51

Amnesty International, which was sent the Pegasus spyware via a WhatsApp message, is seeking to stop NSO Group’s "web of surveillance."

WhatsApp's Spyware Problem
2019-05-17 12:03

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report digs into the WhatsApp flaw that paved the way for spyware installation. Also: Microsoft patches old operating systems and a 'virtual CISO' sizes up...

News Wrap: WhatsApp, Microsoft, Intel and Cisco Flaws
2019-05-17 11:37

From a zero day flaw in WhatsApp, to Patch Tuesday fixes, Threatpost breaks down the top vulnerabilities of this week.