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WhatsApp is developing a guest-call feature that would let people without a WhatsApp account join encrypted calls through a web link. This capability would extend WhatsApp’s existing Call Links feature to include guests, letting invited participants jo…
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WhatsApp has announced that over one billion people now use passkeys to secure their accounts, enhancing phishing-resistant authentication across one of the world’s largest messaging platforms. This update, revealed on August 25, introduces suppo…
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Investment fraud is increasingly exploiting the one action banks struggle most to block: a payment the customer actively wants to make. Deepfake advertisements, impersonated financial experts, and coordinated WhatsApp groups are now being used to steer…
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WhatsApp has initiated a limited beta rollout of a feature called Scam Alert, which utilises an on-device machine learning model to identify potentially scam messages from non-contacts while maintaining end-to-end encryption. Meta has provided a detail…
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Astaroth operators have expanded their Brazilian banking malware operations by weaponizing a new WhatsApp Web spambot module that turns infected hosts into automated malware relays, marking a significant evolution of the LATAM e-crime ecosystem. Tradit…
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Guardio Labs has disclosed a critical vulnerability chain in the Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension that could allow a malicious website to hijack and exfiltrate rendered WhatsApp Web data from affected users. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-4829…
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WhatsApp is letting users reserve usernames before its 2026 launch, giving people a way to chat without sharing phone numbers. Here is how it works, why it matters, and the security limits to know
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The new “Boss Scam” is a sharp escalation in CEO fraud: attackers now combine impersonation, Windows DLL sideloading, and WhatsApp Web session theft to turn trusted executive channels into fraud infrastructure. The campaign was highlighted in advisorie…
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WhatsApp has introduced a new proactive security feature that warns users before they start conversations with unknown phone numbers. This update, currently being rolled out to both Android and iOS users, adds a trust verification layer at the very beg…
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WhatsApp has disrupted a new spyware campaign linked to the NSO Group, the controversial surveillance vendor behind Pegasus, while simultaneously seeking legal action against the company for allegedly violating a U.S. court injunction. The disclosure h…
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