Facebook Messenger: The battle over end-to-end encryption
The battle-lines have been drawn - but what is end-to-end encryption and why is it controversial?
The battle-lines have been drawn - but what is end-to-end encryption and why is it controversial?
Facebook's owner is to alert about 50,000 people in more than 100 countries about "malicious" actions.
Facebook users can no longer use face recognition for tagging photos and videos. This change will also affect Facebook's AAT technology.
Right when Facebook assured service restoration, Instagram and other services went down for users for hours. Facebook has fixed the glitch.
In less than a week after a Facebook ex-employee testified before Congress about internal research at the firm, Facebook's representative said that a "take a break" feature would soon be added.
Telegram founder, Pavel Durov, has revealed that the platform saw 70 million new users sign up during the WhatsApp outage that struck on Monday. WhatsApp and Facebook were offline for several hours.
WhatsApp says that it will no longer limit the app's functionality for users who disagree with the new privacy policy requiring them to share their data with Facebook companies.
Whatsapp is sending notifications of a policy update that requires sharing data with Facebook companies but it also said that No one will have their accounts deleted or lose functionality of WhatsApp on May 15th because of this update. WhatsApp will restrict its features if we refuse data sharing with Facebook.
A large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world has been detected by Group-IB researchers.
SE Asia News -Users are being lured to the fake website through a promotional post on Facebook promising prizes.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A user of a low level cybercriminal forum is selling access to a database of phone numbers belonging to Facebook users, and conveniently letting customers lookup those numbers by using an automated Telegram bot.
Vulnerabilities found in multiple video conferencing mobile applications allowed attackers to listen to users' surroundings without permission before the person on the other end picked up the calls.
Millions have signed up to Signal and Telegram after WhatsApp announced an update to its terms.
Signal's encrypted messaging service has recovered from delays affecting its new user verification process after a mass exodus of WhatsApp users to their platform.
WhatsApp users will be required to either accept the updated privacy policy and terms of service or lose their access to the app from February 8, 2021.
A Bug in Facebook Messenger App for Android Could've Let Hackers Listen to the Person You Are Calling Before Even They Pick Up.
Folksam, one of the largest insurance companies in Sweden, today disclosed a data breach affecting around 1 million Swedes after sharing customers' personal info with multiple technology giants.
Mark Zuckerberg announced that WhatsApp is now delivering around 100 billion messages a day. Userbase has grown considerably to two billion users now, compared to 500 million back in 2014.
Ahead of the November U.S. elections, cybercriminals are stepping up their offensive in both attacks against security infrastructure and disinformation campaigns – but this time, social media giants, the government and citizens are more prepared.
Hackers found impersonating legitimate messaging apps such as Telegram and Threema to infect Android devices with a new malware.
