0ktapus: Twilio, Cloudflare phishers targeted 130+ organizations
Group-IB has discovered that the recently disclosed phishing attacks on the employees of Twilio and Cloudflare were part of the massive phishing campaign that resulted in …
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EMS announces fully managed bridge with WhatsApp, keeps an audit trail of conversation
EMS now offers a fully managed WhatsApp Bridging service (powered by Tulir’s open source mautrix-whatsapp bridge). Element gives a company a powerful end-to-end encrypted …
Malicious COVID-19 online content bypassing moderation efforts of social media platforms
Malicious COVID-19 online content – including racist content, disinformation and misinformation – thrives and spreads online by bypassing the moderation efforts of …
Cybercriminals are using Telegram bots, Google Forms to gather stolen user data
Cybercriminals are increasingly using legitimate services such as Google Forms and Telegram to gather user data stolen on phishing websites. Alternative ways to collect data …
Mobile messengers expose billions of users to privacy attacks
Popular mobile messengers expose personal data via discovery services that allow users to find contacts based on phone numbers from their address book, according to …
Cybercriminals are using IM platforms as marketplaces
Cybercriminals are increasingly using IM platforms like Telegram, Discord, Jabber, WhatsApp, IRC and others to advertise and sell their goods and services, IntSight …
Elcomsoft Phone Viewer 5.0 gains the ability to display conversation histories and secret chats in Telegram
ElcomSoft updates Elcomsoft Phone Viewer, the company’s forensic extraction tool. Version 5.0 gains the ability to display conversation histories and secret chats in …
Google discovers websites exploiting iPhones, pushing spying implants en masse
Unidentified attackers have been compromising websites for nearly three years, equipping them with exploits that would hack visiting iPhones without any user interaction and …
Telegrab: Russian malware hijacks Telegram sessions
Researchers have discovered and analyzed an unusual piece of malware that, among other things, seeks to collect cache and key files from end-to-end encrypted instant messaging …
Cybercriminals are turning to Telegram due to its security capabilities
Check Point researchers have revealed that cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting the popular messaging app, Telegram, to exchange information, recruit new partners and …
Court rules to ban access to Telegram in Russia
It didn’t take long for judge Yuliya Smolina of the Tagansky District Court of Moscow to rule that the Telegram secure messaging service should be blocked on the whole …
Russian government asks court to allow them to block Telegram
Russian communications regulator’s fight to block the Telegram encrypted messaging service continues. Telegram (the company) has been fighting the Roskomnadzor – …