A list of topics we covered in the week of March 30 to April 5 of 2026
Tag: whatsapp
The FBI and CISA join European agencies in warning of a widespread, easily scalable social engineering campaign targeting messaging apps.
Dutch intelligence warns that attackers are hijacking Signal and WhatsApp accounts by tricking users into sharing verification codes or linking a malicious device.
A list of topics we covered in the week of January 26 to February 1 of 2026
Details are currently thin, but one thing is clear: paying more is unlikely to buy users meaningful privacy or less tracking.
WhatsApp is strengthening how it handles photos and videos, and introducing Strict Account Settings to limit risky messages from unknown senders.
Google’s Project Zero team found that WhatsApp can download a malicious media file without you doing anything at all.
A list of topics we covered in the week of December 15 to December 21 of 2025
Criminals are tricking WhatsApp users into linking an attacker’s browser to their account using fake login pages and routine-looking prompts.
A weak spot in WhatsApp’s API allowed researchers to scrape data linked to 3.5 billion registered accounts, including profile photos and “about” text.