WhatsApp has introduced a new lockdown-style “Strict Account Settings” mode to give users stronger protection from unknown senders, malicious links, and targeted attacks.

A new self-propagating malware is on the loose and it's using WhatsApp. Acronis blows the whistle with all the details.

This project implements a context-aware spam detection system using Python. Unlike naive filters, it does not assume unknown senders are scammers. Decisions are made using behavior-based scoring and ...

Researchers warn of a new WhatsApp “GhostPairing” attack that silently links attacker devices to accounts, enabling message spying without users knowing. Image: Generated via Google’s Nano Banana ...

A malicious package in the Node Package Manager (NPM) registry poses as a legitimate WhatsApp Web API library to steal WhatsApp messages, collect contacts, and gain access to the account. A fork of ...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that leverages a combination of social engineering and WhatsApp hijacking to distribute a Delphi-based banking trojan named ...

Meta’s (META) WhatsApp is the world’s default messaging platform, with 3B users across the globe, but adoption in the U.S. has been slow, Nicole Nguyen of The Wall Street Journal reports. Most ...

EU antitrust probe targets Google's spam policy Publishers claim Google's policy impacts their revenue Investigation could lead to significant fines for Google BRUSSELS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Alphabet's ...

A new beta version of WhatsApp released for Android is testing a feature that allows users to reserve their usernames from Facebook and Instagram for use on the instant messaging app in the future.

The prospect of an Alberta sovereignty referendum triggered a wave of clickbait stories on video-sharing sites earlier this year. But in a development that one expert calls "troubling," content farms ...