Tag: #WhatsAppSecurity
A dangerous new phishing campaign is making the rounds, and it uses WhatsApp as the delivery platform. Instead of sending fake emails, attackers are now sending carefully crafted WhatsApp messages with malicious links. These links appear harmless, but they lead to fake Gmail login pages designed to steal account credentials. Security researchers tracking the campaign […]
A new WhatsApp-based malware campaign is actively spreading Astaroth, a well-known banking trojan, by abusing user trust and contact lists. The attack uses malicious ZIP files sent directly through WhatsApp chats, allowing the malware to propagate automatically from one victim to another. Once a user opens the ZIP file and runs the embedded content, the […]
WhatsApp handles billions of messages every day, and attackers keep finding new ways to compromise accounts or track users. Meta knows this pressure is only getting stronger. So the company is expanding its security research efforts by introducing a new research proxy, supporting academic teams, tightening anti-scraping protections, and offering more than $4 million in […]