$1 million WhatsApp hack at Pwn2Own Ireland confirmed. October 23 should stick in the memory of smartphone users for some time to come. This is the day that the Samsung Galaxy S25 was hacked, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Meta has confirmed that, as it celebrates the 15th anniversary ...

WhatsApp parent company Meta recently said that Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions had targeted scores of its users, including journalists and members of civil society. The WhatsApp official ...

WhatsApp is the world's most popular chat app, with well over 2 billion users exchanging end-to-end encrypted texts and making calls across the platform. Like most instant messaging apps, WhatsApp is ...

Meta has been forced to fix a ‘vulnerability’ which could lead to users being targeted by hackers. WhatsApp’s parent company has shared a security advisory after discovering the issue on Friday. It ...

WhatsApp said on Friday that it fixed a security bug in its iOS and Mac apps that was being used to stealthily hack into the Apple devices of “specific targeted users.” The Meta-owned messaging app ...

On Sept. 12, 2023, readers asked us via email about messages that were being virally shared on WhatsApp that mentioned a purportedly dangerous "hack." According to the messages, this "hack" was ...