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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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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…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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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…
Mary Meisenzahl
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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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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 …
Eliza Relman
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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…
Jake Kanter,Jake Kanter
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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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6 big things we still don't know in the bombshell report of how Jeff Bezos' phone was hacked by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
But there have been speculations that a foreign government was involved in the leaks. A Medium post…
Bani Sapra,Tyler Sonnemaker
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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…
Jake Kanter,Jake Kanter,Assoc…
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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…
Jake Kanter,Jake Kanter
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The Saudi Crown Prince accused of hacking Jeff Bezos' phone met with more than a dozen tech execs and celebs during the same US trip. From Tim Cook to Oprah, here's everyone Mohammed bin Salman met with.
But Bezos wasn't the only tech luminary or celebrity who met with bin Salman on his three-week tour…
Troy Wolverton
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WhatsApp disclosed 12 security flaws last year, including 7 classified as 'critical,' after Jeff Bezos phone was reportedly hacked
Bezos' team began investigating his phone in January 2019 after The National Enquirer published a s…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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UN investigators just backed bombshell claims that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hacked Jeff Bezos' phone
In an extraordinary blog post in February 2019, Bezos pointed to links between American Media Inc (…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The nasty spyware likely used to hack Jeff Bezos lets governments secretly access everything in your smartphone, from text messages to the microphone and cameras - here's how it works
The how of the hack, according to a UN report published Wednesday morning, is maybe the wildest det…
Ben Gilbert
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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…
Jake Kanter,Jake Kanter
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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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A Facebook executive suggested that smartphone software may be to blame for the alleged attack on Jeff Bezos' iPhone
The report comes after WhatsApp fixed a couple of high-profile security issues over the past year. …
Lisa Eadicicco
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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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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 data of 500 million users might be on sale says Mashable India
Instant messaging and voice-over-IP service WhatsApp, which is considered a secure platform due to …