WhatsApp

Dave and Jeff tackle the latest Facebook allegations, TrickBot causing a day off of school, 5G hang-ups in the UK, and more.

A newly discovered vulnerability allows hackers to eavesdrop on WhatsApp users, read their chats, and install spyware just by calling them. Update the app now!

WhatsApp and Facebook are swimming in links to ticket giveaways for fairs and airlines. Don’t get excited, though; the tickets are fake.

WhatsApp for Android can back up your chats to Google Drive. It’s free, but it may hurt older backups. Here’s how to get it right.

When it comes to online accounts, voicemail is a major security hole. Here’s why.

How a sculpture from Japan is scaring WhatsApp users around the world, and how to protect children from such spooks on the Internet.

In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, we discuss the return of Olympic Destroyer, fake news spreading through WhatsApp, and more.

Fake airline giveaways won’t win you a ticket, but they might steal your data.

This week’s Transatlantic Cable podcast features stories on Burger King, scams, Instagram security and more.

Facebook’s Alex Stamos explains why the information security industry has the wrong priorities and what should be done about it.

How you can fix the security hole within WhatsApp.

Germany and India officially challenge changes to WhatsApp’s data-sharing policy.

Facebook is going to use your WhatsApp data to tune its advertising, but for now you can opt out of this deal.

Aleks Gostev of Kaspersky Lab’s GReAT discusses the WhatApp move towards encryption and how email needs to be next in adopting end-to-end encryption

WhatsApp has just adopted the end-to-end encryption based on Signal Protocol. Kaspersky Daily explains, why it’s the good news and what are the real benefits for all of us.
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WhatsApp has finally released a Web version of its popular mobile messaging service. We take a look at it from the security perspective.

Today, regular instant messengers are hard to trust when it comes to privacy. There are, of course, safer alternatives, but are they able to substitute Skype and WhatsApp?

The WhatsApp acquisition by Facebook made headlines yesterday because of the record sum paid by the social media giant for the messaging startup. That’s a whopping $19 billion for a