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Key Takeaways Paragon Solutions targeted around 90 WhatsApp users, mainly journalists and civil society members across 20+ countries. WhatsApp successfully disrupted the attack and sent a cease-and-desist letter to Paragon. Meta referred affected users to Citizen Lab – Paragon Solutions…
WhatsApp has claimed that some users were “possibly compromised” by spyware, according to a report by The Guardian. The Meta-owned messaging app went on to allege that nearly 100 journalists and activists were targeted in the attack. Additionally, the platform…
Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. WhatsApp has disrupted a spyware campaign last month that targeted journalists and…
The latest WhatsApp beta update for iOS gives users the ability to add and switch between multiple accounts on a single device, according to WABetaInfo. It comes over a year after the feature became available for Android. With version 25.2.10.70…
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Firms that help builders get materials, remain compliant and communicate on the jobsite were the recipients of recent venture capital funding. Artificial intelligence, in particular, remains a point…
Meta has announced that it will now enable users to integrate their WhatsApp profile within its Accounts Center, making it easier for users to cross-post, log-in, and access their information from its apps. As you can see in these example…
Russian nation-state actor Star Blizzard has been running a new spear-phishing campaign to compromise WhatsApp accounts of targets in government, diplomacy, defense policy, international relations, and Ukraine aid organizations. According to a Microsoft Threat Intelligence report, the campaign was observed in mid-November 2024…
Elon Musk says he is looking into bringing back beloved social media app, Vine. Video is one of the most dominant ways people consume content these days. YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, and many other apps all have a heavy hand in…
A malicious package named ‘pycord-self’ on the Python package index (PyPI) targets Discord developers to steal authentication tokens and plant a backdoor for remote control over the system. The package mimics the highly popular ‘discord.py-self,’ which has nearly 28 million downloads,…
With TikTok’s fate in the U.S. dangling between the Supreme Court and President-elect Donald Trump, competitors are moving in to try and claim its ad dollars. Snapchat, for example, isn’t holding back. In recent pitches to marketers, the app’s ad…