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A large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world has been detected by Group-IB. Digital Risk Protection (DRP) analysts have found evidence proving that users in over 80 countries in Europe, Asia, the MEA region, North a… Continue reading Facebook Messenger users targeted by a large-scale scam
Bugs in several messaging/video chat mobile apps allowed attackers to spy on targeted users’s surroundings. The vulnerabilities – in Signal, Google Duo, Facebook Messenger, JioChat, and Mocha – could be triggered by simply placing a c… Continue reading Bugs in Signal, other video chat apps allowed attackers to listen in on users
Here’s the latest Naked Security video talk – watch now! (And please share with your friends…) Continue reading Naked Security Live – Watch out for Messenger scams
Do you ever make, ahem, “pointed remarks” just before answering calls from people you would rather avoid? Continue reading Facebook patches Messenger audio snooping bug – update now!
I received a message from a friend with a link. I never clicked it, but the thumbnail image shown pretended to be an image preview for a YouTube video. Some of her other friends clicked it and it took them to a fake Facebook page where it … Continue reading Are preview thumbnails for links a risk?
Researchers link the malware to Wolf Research operators with “high confidence” after it was spotted in campaigns targeting Thai users. Continue reading WolfRAT Android Malware Targets WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger
Civil liberties groups on Tuesday asked an appeals court to unseal a federal judge’s ruling that rejected a U.S. government effort to force Facebook to decrypt voice calls. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation argue that the public has a right to know about how U.S. prosecutors tried to force Facebook to decrypt the calls in a 2018 investigation of the MS-13 gang, and why a judge rejected the prosecutors’ effort. The Department of Justice is urging the court to keep the ruling sealed, arguing that making it public could compromise ongoing criminal investigations. It is the latest front in a broader standoff between privacy advocates and law enforcement over access to encrypted communications. Law enforcement officials have for years lamented that strong encryption has hampered investigations into terrorists and criminals. But many technologists say any software especially designed for law enforcement access risks weakening security […]
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Facebook’s Messenger Kids app is coming to 70 new countries, and it’s getting some new features that allow kids to add friends on their own, while letting parents have some control.
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Facebook’s experiments lab releases a new Apple Watch app that lets users communicate with their closest friend from their Watch via Messenger.
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Facebook has done this before: it did it with WhatsApp, following an outbreak of lynchings sparked by viral social media hoaxes. Continue reading Facebook Messenger may ban mass-forwarding of messages