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A piece of malware known as DarkGate has been observed being spread via instant messaging platforms such as Skype and Microsoft Teams. In these attacks, the messaging apps are used to deliver a Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) loader script that masquerades as a PDF document, which, when opened, triggers the download and execution of […]
Google has announced that it’s shutting down its 2-year-old YouTube messaging service on September 18. The latest move is yet another example of how a company as big as Google is struggling to mark its presence in the world of social media, which is mostly owned by Facebook and its adopted kids. I guess Twitter […]
Update (13:30 IST): Open Whisper Systems, whose Signal protocol is used in WhatsApp, has claimed that the “secret backdoor” story is not true. The ability to change the security keys for undelivered messages reduces users’ burden in case the recipient’s keys change during the course of message transfer, i.e., if he reinstalls WhatsApp on his […]
Short Bytes: WhatsApp Inc. is about to add video calling feature to its instant messaging app. The WhatsApp video calling feature currently in Beta testing can be tried after opting to the beta testing program. This article includes the steps to use the WhatsApp video calling feature. It has been recently known that the much-awaited video […]
Short Bytes: More than a dozen Telegram accounts were compromised leading to the identification of 15 million users’ cell number. Two researchers were able to point out this mass hacking campaign being carried out and have hinted the involvement of Rocket Kitten group behind this. The messaging app Telegram is quite popular in the middle-east […]