Conflicting Messages on Messages: Tx AG Sues Meta About WhatsApp Encryption Claims
To a cryptographer, those distinctions are elementary. To an ordinary user, they are usually invisible. When a messaging app says “your messages are encrypted,” many users hear something much stronger: “nobody else ...
Meta’s confusing new approach to chat privacy
WhatsApp now offers disappearing AI chats Meta says it cannot read. While Instagram just removed the feature that stopped Meta reading your messages ...
New TCLBanker Malware Self-Spreads Over WhatsApp and Outlook
What happened Elastic Security Labs has documented a new Brazilian banking trojan called TCLBanker, tracked under campaign REF3076, that combines credential theft targeting 59 banking, fintech, and cryptocurrency platforms with self-spreading worm ...
Update WhatsApp now: Two new flaws could expose you to malicious files
WhatsApp patches flaws that could expose users to malicious content and disguised malware ...
U.S. Consumers Lost $2.1 Billion in Social Media Scams in 2025, FTC Says
An FTC report says that Americans last year lost $2.1 billion in social media scams, such as shopping and investment schemes. Social media site have become the place where most of these ...
Manhattan DA Bragg Pushes Meta to Put a Stop to Immigration Scams
Scammers dressed up like Catholic Charities and legitimate pro bone legal services on social media platforms are targeting immigrants and bilking them for money. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is pressing Meta to follow ...
A week in security (March 30 – April 5)
A list of topics we covered in the week of March 30 to April 5 of 2026 ...
FBI, CISA warn of Russian hackers hijacking Signal and WhatsApp accounts
The FBI and CISA join European agencies in warning of a widespread, easily scalable social engineering campaign targeting messaging apps ...
Signal and WhatsApp accounts targeted in phishing campaign
Dutch intelligence warns that attackers are hijacking Signal and WhatsApp accounts by tricking users into sharing verification codes or linking a malicious device ...
TikTok Says No to End-to-End Encryption: Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal
In a move that bucks the entire industry trend, TikTok has confirmed it will not implement end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct messages on its platform — arguing that E2EE would make users ...
