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WhatsApp spyware Pegasus might have also hacked Bharti Airtel, MTNL, Hathway and others

The report also points out that the operator may have used political themes to target users be…

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WhatsApp data breach hits downloads in its biggest market — opens it up to Telegram and Signal

This could spell trouble for the Facebook-owned messaging service since India its biggest ma…

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WhatsApp confirms Indian activists and journalists were hacked as NSO claims it’s 'contractually prohibited'

Journalists and activists using WhatsApp were left vulnerable when the NSO Group — an Israeli hacke…

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WhatsApp and Telegram may not be as secure you think hints new study

Popular mobile messengers like WhatsApp expose personal data via discovery services that allow user…

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The shadowy firm behind WhatsApp hack is involved in 100 other spyware attacks

"As part of our investigation into the incident, Citizen Lab has identified over 100 cases of …

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Jeff Bezos phone hack shows hackers are winning in the 'arms race' between governments and tech firms according to a cybersecurity expert

Jeff Bezos' phone being hacked is only one example of governments around the world are shelling out…

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WhatsApp patches a severe vulnerability that could have exposed your private messages

Popular messaging service WhatsApp has patched a severe vulnerability in its app that could have al…

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WhatsApp hack: Indian government calls it an issue of 'national cybersecurity'

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has written to WhatsApp se…

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Here’s why Facebook is suing the NSO Group over the WhatsApp hack

Everything sent on WhatsApp is meant to be encrypted. That means messages are only visible to us…

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WhatsApp is working on a ‘login approval’ feature to help prevent hacking – here’s everything you need to know

WhatsApp is one of the most popular instant messaging applications. Accounting for more than 487 mi…

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Elon Musk just made a dig at WhatsApp's recent security scandals

In January, a forensic analysis of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' iPhone concluded it was breached using Wh…

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Facebook's sluggish response to the WhatsApp hack shows it's still not learning from catastrophic errors in the past

And I'm not the only one who has noted Facebook's wall of silence when it comes to notifying its us…

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The WhatsApp hackers still have access to huge numbers of phones because people are not updating the app

In an interview with CNBC on Thursday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said the firm's investment in s…

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WhatsApp spyware hack raises security concerns around its upcoming payments service

WhatsApp is yet to gain full approval of its payments platform from necessary authorities an…

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Apple's privacy promises would have been useless against a simple missed call from WhatsApp hackers

The hackers were able to exploit a vulnerability by calling the target via WhatsApp. Even if they d…

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How to stay safe on WhatsApp and protect your data

Even though NSO hasn’t admitted to any wrong doing, there’s no denying that at least 1,400 users…

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Jared Kushner reportedly used WhatsApp to chat with Mohammed bin Salman, who allegedly used the same app to hack Jeff Bezos

Bezos' own team began investigating his phone last January after The National Enquirer published a …

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Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and 222 other Android apps were targeted by a new Trojan malware found stealing user credentials

Alien targeted other apps as well like Gmail, Facebook, Telegram, Twitter, Snapchat and WhatsApp…

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WhatsApp users are being urged to update the app immediately after it was hacked - here's how to get protected

Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, said: "WhatsApp encourages people to upgrade to the latest version o…

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WhatsApp was hacked and attackers installed spyware on people's phones

A notice on Facebook said the issue impacted both Android, iPhones, and Windows phones. An update w…

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