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News | Privacy

What’s up with WhatsApp’s privacy policy?

January 18, 2021 - WhatsApp has been in the news recently after changes to its privacy policy caused a surge of interest in rival messaging...

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Cybercrime | News

WhatsApp fix goes live after targeted attack on human rights lawyer

May 14, 2019 - If you use WhatsApp, you’ll want to update both app and device as soon as possible due to a freshly-discovered exploit....

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Merging Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram: a technical, reputational hurdle

February 7, 2019 - Secure messaging is supposed to be just that—secure. That means no backdoors, strong encryption, private messages staying private, and, for some...

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Cybercrime | News

Mobile Menace Monday: Fake WhatsApp can steal info from your phone

April 2, 2018 - Last month, a blogger at My Online Security reported receiving a spam comment containing WhatsApp Plus. Going through the process, they...

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News | Scams

Phony WhatsApp used Unicode to slip under Google’s radar

November 8, 2017 - After a troubling week for Google not so long ago, the company is under the spotlight once more for missing another...

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Cybercrime | News | Scams

Fake WhatsApp email comes as a billing alert

November 30, 2016 - Every now and then, we receive or see reports of what new shenanigan has hit users of the ever-popular mobile application,...

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Cybercrime | News | Scams

UK WhatsApp users warned of latest in-the-wild scam

October 26, 2016 - Users of WhatsApp, that popular texting service application for mobile devices, are warned of a new scam making rounds that may...

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Cybercrime | News | Scams

Don’t Get Stuck on WhatsApp Stickers…

September 15, 2015 - We’ve spotted a WhatsApp scam using the same general template as the previously covered WhatsApp Elegant Gold, located at stickers-whatsapp(dot)com which...

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Cybercrime | News | Scams

WhatsApp Elegant Gold Hits the Digital Catwalk

July 1, 2015 - Late last year, a scam targeted users of WhatsApp called “Whatsapp Gold” was simply a way of extracting phone numbers and potentially charging...

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Scams, PUPs Target Would-be WhatsApp Voice Users

March 20, 2015 - Since WhatsApp announced the addition of its calling feature recently, it is no surprise to find others banking on this temporary craze...

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