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Vulnerability Allowed Scraping of 3.5 Billion WhatsApp Accounts

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Vulnerability Allowed Scraping of 3.5 Billion WhatsApp Accounts 2025-11-20 at 14:06 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers demonstrated a now-patched vulnerability that could have been used to enumerate all WhatsApp accounts. The post Vulnerability Allowed Scraping of 3.5 Billion WhatsApp Accounts appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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The long conversations that reveal how scammers work

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The long conversations that reveal how scammers work 2025-11-19 at 09:08 By Sinisa Markovic Online scammers often take weeks to build trust before making a move, which makes their work hard to study. A research team from UC San Diego built a system that does the patient work of talking to scammers at scale, and […]

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Meta Paid Out $4 Million via Bug Bounty Program in 2025

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Meta Paid Out $4 Million via Bug Bounty Program in 2025 2025-11-18 at 17:31 By Eduard Kovacs The total amount of money given to bug bounty hunters by the social media giant has reached $25 million. The post Meta Paid Out $4 Million via Bug Bounty Program in 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article […]

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WhatsApp now lets you secure chat backups with passkeys

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WhatsApp now lets you secure chat backups with passkeys 2025-10-30 at 15:46 By Anamarija Pogorelec Messaging service WhatsApp is launching passkey-encrypted chat backups for iOS and Android, allowing users to encrypt their stored message history using their face, fingerprint, or device screen-lock code. Backups have long been a weak link in messaging-security. Even if chats […]

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$1M WhatsApp Hack Flops: Only Low-Risk Bugs Disclosed to Meta After Pwn2Own Withdrawal

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$1M WhatsApp Hack Flops: Only Low-Risk Bugs Disclosed to Meta After Pwn2Own Withdrawal 2025-10-25 at 23:58 By Eduard Kovacs WhatsApp told SecurityWeek that the two low-impact vulnerabilities cannot be used for arbitrary code execution.  The post $1M WhatsApp Hack Flops: Only Low-Risk Bugs Disclosed to Meta After Pwn2Own Withdrawal appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article […]

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Pwn2Own WhatsApp Hacker Says Exploit Privately Disclosed to Meta

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Pwn2Own WhatsApp Hacker Says Exploit Privately Disclosed to Meta 2025-10-24 at 12:43 By Eduard Kovacs Questions have been raised over the technical viability of the purported WhatsApp exploit, but the researcher says he wants to keep his identity private. The post Pwn2Own WhatsApp Hacker Says Exploit Privately Disclosed to Meta appeared first on SecurityWeek. This […]

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NSO Ordered to Stop Hacking WhatsApp, but Damages Cut to $4 Million

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NSO Ordered to Stop Hacking WhatsApp, but Damages Cut to $4 Million 2025-10-20 at 12:42 By Eduard Kovacs The judge ruled that punitive damages of $167 million awarded by a jury were excessive. The post NSO Ordered to Stop Hacking WhatsApp, but Damages Cut to $4 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an […]

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Ex-WhatsApp Security Chief Sues Meta Over Vulnerabilities, Retaliation

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Ex-WhatsApp Security Chief Sues Meta Over Vulnerabilities, Retaliation 2025-09-09 at 16:39 By Eduard Kovacs Attaullah Baig has filed a lawsuit against Meta and its executives, accusing them of retaliation over critical cybersecurity failures. The post Ex-WhatsApp Security Chief Sues Meta Over Vulnerabilities, Retaliation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View […]

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WhatsApp Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks Targeting Apple Users

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WhatsApp Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks Targeting Apple Users 2025-09-02 at 14:48 By Ionut Arghire The vulnerability (CVE-2025-55177) was exploited along an iOS/macOS zero-day in suspected spyware attacks. The post WhatsApp Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks Targeting Apple Users appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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WhatsApp Takes Down 6.8 Million Accounts Linked to Criminal Scam Centers, Meta Says

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WhatsApp Takes Down 6.8 Million Accounts Linked to Criminal Scam Centers, Meta Says 2025-08-06 at 18:17 By Associated Press Meta linked these scams to a criminal scam center in Cambodia — and said it disrupted the campaign in partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI. The post WhatsApp Takes Down 6.8 Million Accounts Linked to Criminal Scam […]

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$1 Million Offered for WhatsApp Exploit at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025

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$1 Million Offered for WhatsApp Exploit at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 2025-08-01 at 10:07 By Eduard Kovacs Meta is sponsoring ZDI’s Pwn2Own hacking competition, where participants can earn big prizes for smartphone, WhatsApp and wearable device exploits. The post $1 Million Offered for WhatsApp Exploit at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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FreeType Zero-Day Found by Meta Exploited in Paragon Spyware Attacks

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FreeType Zero-Day Found by Meta Exploited in Paragon Spyware Attacks 2025-06-20 at 13:25 By Eduard Kovacs WhatsApp told SecurityWeek that it linked the exploited FreeType vulnerability CVE-2025-27363 to a Paragon exploit. The post FreeType Zero-Day Found by Meta Exploited in Paragon Spyware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View […]

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Spyware Maker NSO Ordered to Pay $167 Million Over WhatsApp Hack

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Spyware Maker NSO Ordered to Pay $167 Million Over WhatsApp Hack 2025-05-07 at 14:35 By Eduard Kovacs Meta has won its WhatsApp hacking lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO Group in an “important step forward for privacy and security”. The post Spyware Maker NSO Ordered to Pay $167 Million Over WhatsApp Hack appeared first on […]

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WhatsApp vulnerability could be used to infect Windows users with malware (CVE-2025-30401)

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WhatsApp vulnerability could be used to infect Windows users with malware (CVE-2025-30401) 2025-04-09 at 16:00 By Zeljka Zorz WhatsApp users are urged to update the Windows client app to plug a serious security vulnerability (CVE-2025-30401) that may allow attackers to trick users into running malicious code. Meta classifies the vulnerability as a spoofing issue that […]

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WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Facilitate Remote Code Execution

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WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Facilitate Remote Code Execution 2025-04-08 at 16:29 By Eduard Kovacs An update for the WhatsApp desktop app for Windows patches CVE-2025-30401, a spoofing vulnerability that could be used to trick users. The post WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Facilitate Remote Code Execution appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View […]

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Paragon Spyware Attacks Exploited WhatsApp Zero-Day 

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Paragon Spyware Attacks Exploited WhatsApp Zero-Day  2025-03-20 at 12:03 By Eduard Kovacs Attacks involving Paragon’s Graphite spyware involved a WhatsApp zero-day that could be exploited without any user interaction. The post Paragon Spyware Attacks Exploited WhatsApp Zero-Day  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Iranian Hackers Targeted WhatsApp Accounts of Staffers in Biden, Trump Administrations, Meta Says

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Iranian Hackers Targeted WhatsApp Accounts of Staffers in Biden, Trump Administrations, Meta Says 2024-08-25 at 19:46 By Associated Press Meta said it discovered a network of Iranian hackers, who posed as tech support agents for companies including AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google. The post Iranian Hackers Targeted WhatsApp Accounts of Staffers in Biden, Trump Administrations, […]

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Meta plans to prevent disinformation and AI-generated content from influencing voters

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Meta plans to prevent disinformation and AI-generated content from influencing voters 2024-02-27 at 14:50 By Zeljka Zorz Meta, the company that owns some of the biggest social networks in use today, has explained how it means to tackle disinformation related to the upcoming EU Parliament elections, with a special emphasis on how it plans to […]

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Signal Pours Cold Water on Zero-Day Exploit Rumors

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Signal Pours Cold Water on Zero-Day Exploit Rumors 16/10/2023 at 17:47 By Ryan Naraine Privacy-focused messaging firm Signal is pouring cold water on widespread rumors of a zero-day exploit in its popular encrypted chat app. The post Signal Pours Cold Water on Zero-Day Exploit Rumors appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]

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