by Nathan Collier Last month, a blogger at My Online Security reported receiving a spam comment containing WhatsApp Plus. Going through the process, they downloaded an APK of this so-called…
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Surgeon David Nott: Hack led to Syria air strike
By Chris Baraniuk A British surgeon who helped Syrian doctors online has told the Telegraph he fears his computer was hacked, leading to an air strike on a hospital. David…
WhatsApp: How the supermarket voucher scam works
Scammers have used WhatsApp to trick people into handing over personal information by tempting them with bogus supermarket vouchers. The messenger app was used to send fake vouchers to people,…
WhatsApp and Facebook to face EU data taskforce
WhatsApp and Facebook will be scrutinised by a data protection taskforce, after they were accused of “non-compliance” with EU laws. The regulators took issue with the messaging app’s plan to…
NotPetya ransomware attack cost us $300m – shipping giant Maersk
IT crippled so badly firm relied on WhatsApp By Iain Thomson The world’s largest container shipping biz has revealed the losses it suffered after getting hit by the NotPetya ransomware…
Message encryption a problem - Rudd
Dave Lee,North America technology reporter The major technology companies must step up their fight against extremism or face new laws, the home secretary has told the BBC. Amber Rudd said…