New social engineering attack tricks you into giving away access to your own account. Here’s what you need to know and do.

The so-called GhostPairing scam takes advantage of legitimate features in order to trick WhatsApp users into linking their ...

A large-scale hacking operation targeting WhatsApp users has come to light, affecting people across 24 countries. Hackers targeted around 90 individuals, including journalists and members of civil ...

A cybersecurity company has warned of a new phishing scam targeting WhatsApp users, beginning with a message that appears ordinary from a trusted contact, but may end ...

Hackers have found a way to quietly take over WhatsApp accounts without touching passwords, SMS codes, or the app’s end-to-end encryption. Instead of breaking crypto, they are abusing a legitimate ...

Over the past six months, the fake package has reportedly been downloaded more than 56,000 times., Technology & Science, ...

(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp messenger service said it disrupted a hacking campaign linked to Israeli spyware firm Paragon. WhatsApp detected efforts to hack the phones of ...

Senior government officials in multiple U.S.-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp to take over users’ phones, according to people ...

(l-r) Greg Andres, Antonio Perez-Marques, and Micah Block of Davis Polk & Wardwell. Courtesy photos Rarely do human rights groups weigh in when Big Tech companies land nine-digit damages awards at ...

Meta’s (META) WhatsApp has accused Israeli spyware firm Paragon Solutions of hacking nearly 90 of its users, including journalists and civil society members. WhatsApp, a unit of Meta Platforms, issued ...

WhatsApp said on Friday that it had disrupted a hacking campaign that targeted around 90 users, including journalists and members of civil society. A WhatsApp spokesperson told TechCrunch that the ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - WhatsApp said Friday it discovered an advanced cyberespionage effort that took advantage of a chain of security vulnerabilities in the app and Apple devices to hack them ...