U.S. Court Prohibits NSO Group from Installing Spyware on WhatsApp

U.S. Court Prohibits NSO Group from Installing Spyware on WhatsApp

close notice This article is also available in . It was translated with technical assistance and editorially reviewed before publication. Don’t show this again. A court in the USA has ordered the tech company NSO Group Technologies to stop attacking the messenger service WhatsApp. According to the manufacturer of the surveillance software “Pegasus”, this decision … Read more

Chat control: WhatsApp and Threema comment more than a signal

Chat control: WhatsApp and Threema comment more than a signal

Close Notice This article is therefore available in. It was translated with technical assistance and editorialy reviewed Before Publication. Don’t show this again. At Signal, the name was the program last week: If the European Union introduces its plans for chat control, the trade fair service will withdraw from the EU. This signal to the … Read more

WhatsApp competitor Signal threatens to withdraw from Europe

WhatsApp competitor Signal threatens to withdraw from Europe

The head of the signal app criticized plans in the EU that Messenger back doors should have to enable the automatic search for criminal content. “If we were given the choice of either the integrity of our encryption and our data protection guarantees or leaving Europe, we would unfortunately make the decision to leave the … Read more

Whatsapp receives automatic translation for chats

Whatsapp receives automatic translation for chats

WhatsApp should be able to translate text messages into different languages ​​in the future. According to the company, the function moves directly into the messenger, with Android users in particular benefit from improvements. The Company explainedthat users can open a menu in a different language by a long printing on the text and type them … Read more

WhatsApp tests live Photos: Apple format comes into the messenger

WhatsApp tests live Photos: Apple format comes into the messenger

In its IOS beta program, WhatsApp is currently testing a new function with which users can send live photos for the first time. This image format Apple combines a static picture with a short video clip that is taken during the photo of the photo. A special feature is that this way live photos can … Read more

Zero-Click attack on Apple devices via WhatsApp

Zero-Click attack on Apple devices via WhatsApp

META is currently distributing updates for various WhatsApp clients because it was possible to engage in code without intervention. The security gap in Messenger uses an error in the authorization of certain iPhones, iPads and MacOS computers if messages are to be automatically synchronized with the devices. It is registered under CVE-2025-55177 and can be … Read more

WhatsApp function enables AI shutdown in chats-but is not necessary

WhatsApp function enables AI shutdown in chats-but is not necessary

The Chatbot Meta AI has been integrated in WhatsApp since March. The AI, which can be found in the app as a blue -bordered ring on the homepage, cannot be removed, even if this question is obviously asked again and again. With the help of the “Advanced Chat Privacy) function, which was introduced in April, … Read more

So an attacker can downgrade WhatsApp encryption

So an attacker can downgrade WhatsApp encryption

Close Notice This article is therefore available in. It was translated with technical assistance and editorialy reviewed Before Publication. Don’t show this again. Through ongoing inquiries to the WhatsApp server, attackers can briefly reduce the encryption for a certain victim by one level-or make it unreachable for everyone (Denial of Service). The information collected is … Read more

What WhatsApp and signal reveals despite encryption

What WhatsApp and signal reveals despite encryption

Close Notice This article is therefore available in. It was translated with technical assistance and editorialy reviewed Before Publication. Don’t show this again. Signal and WhatsApp encryption messages end-to-end, which means that they remain encrypted on the entire journey from broadcaster to recipient. This applies to the content. But other information can be harvested with … Read more

WhatsApp will not switch any advertising in the EU by 2026

WhatsApp will not switch any advertising in the EU by 2026

WhatsApp announced on Monday that it was advertising to the status. Now the Irish data protection authority has announced that EU users will not affect EU users before next year. The announcement of the advertising integration of the META subsidiary promptly caused concern for data protection organizations such as Nyob, reports politico. Above all, the … Read more