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I have been learning the famous “SIGNAL MESSAGING PROTOCOL”, Its brilliantly designed and perfectly secure , but I doubt on its implementations
Famous messenger services like Whatsapp and Signal claim to have implemented the
e2e messagi… Continue reading Are Whatsapp and Signal truly secure and user-privacy friendly?
Two Facebook representatives approached NSO Group in 2017 asking to purchase rights to use its surveillance software to monitor its users, according to court documents filed this week by the Israeli-owned surveillance software company in an ongoing lawsuit with Facebook-owned WhatsApp. The Facebook representatives specifically told NSO Group they wanted to monitor users on Apple devices, NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio said, according to court documents obtained by CyberScoop. NSO Group and WhatsApp are currently battling it out in court after Facebook sued NSO Group for allegedly targeting thousands of WhatsApp users with its spyware. At the time, Facebook was working to use a VPN product, Onavo Protect, to track users’ web traffic. According to Shalev, Facebook was not satisfied with the results for users on Apple devices and wanted to use NSO Group’s signature Pegasus spyware as a way to monitor Facebook users better. “The Facebook representatives stated that Facebook […]
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No, we don’t know why people start hoaxes like this. You can do your bit by not forwarding them, not even “just in case”. Continue reading “Instant bank fraud” warning spread on WhatsApp is a hoax
Blackmailers are threatening to infect your family with Coronavirus, trolls are making Zoom an unsafe place for those of a sensitive disposition, and what is the mysterious Dr Negrin audio message spreading on WhatsApp?
All this and much more is discus… Continue reading Smashing Security #171: WhatsApp hoaxes, Zoombombs, and 8-bit love
The public is being warned about fraudulent messages being shared on social media platforms that Netflix is offering free passes to its platform because of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Free Netflix pass because of Coronavirus? It’s a scam
folks! I have a very frustrating issue with WhatsApp, in which I said to myself that a safe way to store data would be to send it to myself on WA… just to find it gone later. For instance, I’d record audio/voice messages (as memos or wha… Continue reading ‘Failed Download’ with Media Sent to My Own Number
Two old WhatsApp hoaxes are back, with a grain-of-truth story in the middle to add a veneer of believability. Don’t spread this stuff! Continue reading WhatsApp “Martinelli” hoax is back, warning about “Dance of the Pope”
In episode 113 for March 23rd 2020: Israel passes an emergency law to use mobile data to track people infected with COVID-19, the latest coronavirus cyber-attacks to be aware of, and how governments world-wide could be putting backdoors into secure mes… Continue reading COVID-19 Mass Surveillance, New Coronavirus Cyber-Attacks, Encryption Backdoors
Friends don’t share virus hoaxes with their friends. They spend five minutes checking their facts before sharing poppycock on social media.
Continue reading The Dance of the Pope virus hoax
Indian authorities have released a new WhatsApp chatbot in the wake of the novel Coronavirus…
For more visit TheWindowsClub.com. Continue reading India launches Coronavirus WhatsApp chatbot to help people