WhatsApp goes after Chinese password scammers via US court
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:14:07 +0000
If you can’t beat ’em, sue ’em!
Read moreWhatsApp “zero-day exploit” news scare – what you need to know
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:51:17 +0000
Is WhatsApp currently under active attack by cyercriminals? Is this a clear and current danger? How worried should WhatsApp users be?
Read moreCritical WhatsApp vulnerabilities patched: Check you’ve updated!
Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: WhatsApp Tags: CVE-2022-36934 Tags: CVE-2022-27492 Two RCE vulnerabilities were patched in WhatsApp. Both vulnerabilities were video related and could be used to compromise your device. |
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Read moreDon’t share the WhatsApp ‘Martinelli’ phone hacking alert: It’s a hoax
Categories: News Tags: WhatsApp Tags: Martinelli Tags: hack Tags: hoax Tags: fake Tags: facebook We take a look at a persistent hacking hoax which has been bouncing around for a few years. Who, or what, is Martinelli? |
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Read moreMassive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:35:28 +0000
U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known as “pig butchering,” wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in cryptocurrency trading platforms that eventually seize any funds when victims try to cash out.
Read moreA week in security (July 11 – July 17)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:22:29 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read moreWhatsApp warns users: Fake versions of WhatsApp are trying to steal your personal info
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:09:44 +0000
We take a look at warnings of malware-infested WhatsApp downloads offered outside of the Google Play store.
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Read moreA week in security (July 4 – July 10)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 10:55:23 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read moreEurope threatens to ban Facebook over data transfers to the US
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:36:30 +0000
The EU is warning Meta that it needs to make big changes to the way it handles data transfers between the Europe and US.
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Read more“Free UK visa” offers on WhatsApp are fakes
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 11:20:16 +0000
We take a look at a site claiming to offer “free” visa access to the UK via WhatsApp. All is not quite as it seems.
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