Facebook takes data sharing pledge from WhatsApp Users
To all the two billion users who are active on WhatsApp, here’s a news piece that might grab your attention. On February 8th,2021, the American freeware will roll out a security update to all its users living in different countries- excluding Europe that they need to accept the fact that their data will be shared […]
Facebook WhatsApp hack on Catalonia and Ransomware Attack on Dussmann Group
In an official statement released by Facebook’s messaging subsidiary ‘WhatsApp’ to Roger Torrent, it was mentioned that the Spanish intelligence infiltrated the Speaker of Catalan Parliament’s WhatsApp account through the Israeli NSO developed Pegasus Malware. As per the details available to Cybersecurity Insiders, the attack took place in between April- May 2019 where over 1,400 […]
Saudi Prince hacks Amazon Jeff Bezos WhatsApp number
At a glittering Hollywood party in April 2018, Jeff Bezos who happens to be the world’s richest man exchanged his WhatsApp phone number with Saudi Arabia’s Billionaire Mohammed Bin Salman. The objective of the former was to set up data centers in Saudi Arabia, while the latter had intentions to establish a new business in […]
Mobile Security alert for Android and iOS WhatsApp users
To all those who are using Whatsapp messaging app on Android and iOS loaded smartphones, here’s a news piece that might be of your interest. The Facebook-owned the phone and video sharing platform has officially declared that it is going to withdraw all support from older versions of Android and iPhone operating systems from February […]
WhatsApp users are vulnerable to a new cyber threat from Malicious Video Files
WhatsApp users all over the world should make a note of the new mobile security alert where researchers claim that hackers could easily take control of a phone just by sending an infected video file in MP4 format. Going deep into the details, the Facebook-owned subsidiary is back in the news after last week’s Pegasus […]
How to prevent Pegasus malware from attacking your WhatsApp number
Last week, WhatsApp users worldwide were surprised by the news that Facebook is planning to sue an Israel based agency named NSO Group for snooping over 1400 users through Pegasus spyware and WhatsApp application. Going by the details, the social media giant confirmed that a survey conducted by one of its associate company has discovered […]
Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram not down due to Cyber Attack outage
Though the world’s leading social media giant Facebook claims that it has recovered from an eight-hour outage, many people across the world are using Twitter to vent out their anger on the issues still being faced with Instagram and WhatsApp- which are now Facebook’s business subsidiaries. A group of users on Twitter and Reddit have […]
Google Android apps send private info of users to Facebook
In a surprising finding, Android apps are reported to be sending private information of users to Facebook servers- even if the user doesn’t have an official Facebook account. The apps which are indulging in such activities include Yelp, Indeed, Spotify, Duolingo, Skyscanner, Kayak and 23 other popular applications which have humongous amounts of downloads of […]
Facebook rejects a new data security policy of Germany
Germany on Thursday announced that it will impose new restrictions on ways Facebook collects data from users prevailing in the region. But within few hours of this announcement, the world leading social media giant said that it is going to reject the data protection policy of Germany and will appeal to the court by the […]
WhatsApp founder data privacy war with Facebook turns Murky
WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton data privacy war with Facebook has turned out murky when Facebook Executive David Marcus gave a fitting reply to the latter’s claim on Forbes. In an interview to Forbes a few days ago, Acton said that after acquiring his company for $19 billion, Mark Zuckerberg and his team were planning to […]
