WhatsApp instructed its AI support chatbot not to recommend contacting privacy regulators when users couldn’t delete their accounts, researchers found. Privacy software company Redact discovered the hidden text on October 8. Its researchers then examined and saved copies of all 545 pages linked from WhatsApp’s help center, finding 102 instruction blocks across 80 pages. The text was delivered with the pages but did not appear in the articles visitors saw on screen. Instead, it could be found in…
Posledná aktualizácia 06.10.2026 Národné centrum kybernetickej bezpečnosti (NCKB) od začiatku októbra 2026 opäť eviduje nárast prípadov podvodnej kampane s tematikou hlasovania v talentovej súťaži. Ide o kampaň šírenú prostredníctvom aplikácie WhatsApp, v ktorej obeť obdrží správu od niektorého zo svojich kontaktov v aplikácii. Správa odoslaná z kompromitovaného konta vyzýva na hlasovanie v súťaži, v ktorej môže dcéra alebo iná príbuzná odosielateľa... The post Podvodníci pokračujú v úspešnej…
Nacionalni CERT zaprimio je prijave o phishing (smishing) prijevari putem preuzetog WhatsApp računa te je prijavio prijevare izvorima incidenta i nadležnim CERT timovima. Primjer WhatsApp poruke: Sadržaj lažnih WhatsApp poruka je: “Glasajte za … dijete na natjecanju”Možete primiti poruku od poznate osobe s poveznicom za glasovanje na natjecanju. Nakon klika traži se unos broja mobitela te kôda – time prevarantu nesvjesno dajete pristup svom WhatsApp računu i omogućavate širenje lažnih poruka…
WhatsApp announced on August 25 that more than one billion people now use passkeys to log back into the app. The announcement included two other security upgrades: a stronger two-step verification method and more context for incoming calls from unknown numbers. It marks one of the largest passwordless authentication rollouts to date. Passkeys are now firmly mainstream, with the FIDO Alliance estimating that 5 billion are in use worldwide and 75% of consumers have enabled one on at least one…
WhatsApp has started rolling out several new account security features, including support for multiple passkeys and stronger two-step verification. [...]
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If you just want to read the rules, you can find them here. Pwn2Own Ireland returns for 2026, and it’s the third year for this event in the Emerald Isle. Despite the dreary Irish skies (and the threat of a random banshee), we had an amazing event, even if we did end up in a jail at the end. With that in mind, we’re excited to return to Cork this fall for yet another great Pwn2Own event. We’ll also be returning to some of the great pubs Ireland has to offer in the evenings and wrapping the event…
Rilevate 2 vulnerabilità medie in WhatsApp, nota piattaforma di Instant Messaging. Tali vulnerabilità, qualora sfruttate, potrebbe consentire ad un utente malintenzionato di eseguire codice arbitrario sui sistemi interessati e reindirizzare le vittime verso URL arbitrari e/o malevoli.