WhatsApp Users Say They’re Being Locked Out of Accounts by Mistake
WhatsApp’s effort to stop bad actors briefly swept up legitimate users, triggering unexplained account suspensions that the company now admits...
Meta Adds WhatsApp Usernames: Here’s What You Need to Know
WhatsApp is finally cutting one of the biggest privacy trade-offs baked into its messaging app: having to hand over your...
WhatsApp VBScript Campaign Uses Fake Documents to Install ManageEngine RMM Tool
Ravie LakshmananJun 23, 2026Malware / Social Engineering Direct messages sent via WhatsApp are being used to distribute malicious Visual Basic...
WhatsApp VBScript Campaign Uses Fake Documents to Install ManageEngine RMM Tool
Ravie LakshmananJun 23, 2026Malware / Social Engineering Direct messages sent via WhatsApp are being used to distribute malicious Visual Basic...
Google Adds New Android Controls for WhatsApp Backups, Password Transfers
Google’s June Android updates give users more control over WhatsApp backups, app checks, and saved passwords without requiring a full...
Meta Accuses NSO of Violating WhatsApp Court Injunction
Meta Accuses NSO of Violating WhatsApp Court Injunction Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2026 Meta says NSO violated a court injunction...
Meta: NSO Tried Targeting WhatsApp Users Despite Court Order
A court order told NSO Group to stay away from WhatsApp. Meta says the spyware maker came back anyway. Meta...
Malicious WhatsApp, Slack Alerts Could Have Exposed Millions of Android Users
A routine phone notification could have become an attack path for Google Gemini on Android, according to new research from...
WhatsApp, Slack Notifications Could Hijack Google Gemini on Android
Swati KhandelwalJun 03, 2026Vulnerability / Artificial Intelligence A single poisoned notification from WhatsApp, Slack, SMS, Signal, Instagram, or Messenger could...
WhatsApp Local Storage Claim Raises Apple Privacy Questions
End-to-end encryption can protect a message in transit, but it cannot protect every place that message lands. Researchers at Mysk...
Zero-Click WhatsApp Account Takeover Hits iPhone Users Running iOS 16. No Linked Devices, No Warning
Zero-Click WhatsApp Account Takeover Hits iPhone Users Running iOS 16. No Linked Devices, No Warning Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2026...
Iran-linked Handala hackers leak US Marines data, send chilling WhatsApp threats
US Marines stationed around the Persian Gulf have been receiving WhatsApp messages from strangers suggesting they call home and make...
New WhatsApp Flaws Could Affect Billions of Users After Meta Security Patch
WhatsApp users should update their apps after Meta patched two flaws that could make risky files and links harder to...
WhatsApp New Update Lets You Chat Without Sharing Your Phone Number
Image: WABetaInfo WhatsApp is preparing to introduce usernames, a feature that allows users to chat without sharing their phone numbers....
Italian spyware vendor creates Fake WhatsApp app, targeting 200 users
Italian spyware vendor creates Fake WhatsApp app, targeting 200 users Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2026 WhatsApp blocked a fake app...
