WhatsApp delays privacy policy update after confusion, backlash
Millions of people flock to Signal and Telegram as WhatsApp scrambles to assuage users’ concerns
Millions of people flock to Signal and Telegram as WhatsApp scrambles to assuage users’ concerns
Many users have until February 8 to accept the new rules – or else lose access to the app
Can someone take control of your WhatsApp account by just knowing your phone number? We ran a small test to find out.
WhatsApp is the most popular instant messaging platform in the world with over 2 billion registered users. Out of these billions of users, a major demographic comprises of teens. And for that reasons, parents want to ensure that their children are not bullying or getting bullied on WhatsApp since the platform is widely used by […]
One of the most welcomed features of WhatsApp was the ability to delete the messages. Within a window of a few minutes, people can rethink whether they should have hit the send button. Now, WhatsApp is about to take it to the next level. As reported by WABetaInfo, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app is about […]
Ever since the concept of disappearing stories arrived on WhatsApp, the photo-sharing app’s popularity has grown further. It is a mandatory task to upload “WhatsApp Status” videos and photos just like we do for Instagram Stories and Snapchat Stories. Although the feature has been in existence since 2017, we still don’t know how to download […]
WhatsDump Extract WhatsApp private key from any Android device (Android 7+ supported). This tool spawns a clean Android 6 emulator and attempts to register with your number to extract msgstore private key. NOTE: This tool is in beta stage and might not be stable. You’re more than welcome to improve this software by submitting a […]
Again, WhatsApp has become the target of malicious hacker attacks. According to web application security specialists, a critical vulnerability has been revealed in the instant messaging service that, if exploited, would allow a threat actor to hack a smartphone using only a malicious mp4 file to generate denial of service conditions (DoS) or even remote […]
WhatsApp quietly patched a critical vulnerability in its application last month that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise a target device and potentially steal secure chat messages and files stored in it. The old WhatsApp version caused a buffer overflow of the stack during the parsing of the basic stream metadata of the MP4 […]
The recent controversies surrounding the WhatsApp hacking haven’t yet settled, and the world’s most popular messaging platform could be in the choppy waters once again. The Hacker News has learned that last month WhatsApp quietly patched yet another critical vulnerability in its app that could have allowed attackers to remotely compromise targeted devices and potentially steal […]
Finally, for the very first time, an encrypted messaging service provider is taking legal action against a private entity that has carried out malicious attacks against its users. Facebook filed a lawsuit against Israeli mobile surveillance firm NSO Group on Tuesday, alleging that the company was actively involved in hacking users of its end-to-end encrypted […]
A picture is worth a thousand words, but a GIF is worth a thousand pictures. Today, the short looping clips, GIFs are everywhere—on your social media, on your message boards, on your chats, helping users perfectly express their emotions, making people laugh, and reliving a highlight. But what if an innocent-looking GIF greeting with Good […]
While WhatsApp is the go-to and convenient messaging platform for all of us, it is still prone to a lot of bugs that can make our usage inconvenient. Adding to the list of already exisiting flaws, the newly-discovered one allowed cybercriminals to get unauthorized access to a user’s media by sending GIFs. The New WhatsApp […]
Facebook and WhatsApp will have to share private data of users with the UK police, as per the new US-UK treaty set to be signed by next month. Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act or Cloud act mandates Facebook and WhatsApp to disclose the electronic communication of the individuals to the British authorities. It […]
In recent days, multiple reports emerged from data protection experts mentioning that, thanks to an upcoming U.S.-UK agreement, the authorities in these countries would finally have a way to access encrypted messages on instant messaging services such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. According to reports, based on statements from a source very close to the […]
A new highly sophisticated malware campaign targets Tibetan groups to exploit and install spyware on their iPhone and Android devices. The spyware is delivered through WhatsApp message, all user need to do is a single click on the link to get the spyware installed on the device. The attack is documented as the first one-click […]
There is currently a wide range of instant messaging services and, according to information security specialists, many have a security measure known as end-to-end encryption, which prevents third parties from being able to access the content of messages between two users. However, this does not mean that our information is completely secure, as hackers can […]
Researchers discovered a fully equipped Android RAT called “BRATA” that exclusively attacking the Android users in Brazil and launching via different sources including WhatsApp, SMS, and sponsor links in Google Search. Attackers spreading this BRATA Android RAT since January 2019, initially hosted in Google play store and, some of the other 3rd party app stores. […]
WhatsApp has become a global phenomenon. At the time of writing this article, it is the most popular messaging app globally, with over 1.6 billion users accessing the WhatsApp messenger on a monthly basis. With so many people communicating via this messenger, taking a WhatsApp chat backup has become a necessity. The backup helps users […]
Last year, researchers highlighted a WhatsApp vulnerability that can let an attacker alter users’ conversations. Despite disclosure, Facebook failed to fix the flaws. This year, researchers have deployed a WhatsApp Protocol Decryptor tool as well. The tool makes it much easier to exploit the flaw, as well as to decrypt the famous WhatsApp encryption. Researchers […]
Security firm Check Point Research has discovered a new glitch in the popular messaging app WhatsApp, which allows hackers to obstruct and manipulate messages sent in both private and group chat windows. The new flaw could lead cybercriminals into creating and disseminating fake news, making users believe that it comes from trusted sources. Methods to […]