New social engineering attack tricks you into giving away access to your own account. Here’s what you need to know and do.

The so-called GhostPairing scam takes advantage of legitimate features in order to trick WhatsApp users into linking their ...

GhostPairing enables cybercriminals to gain full access to WhatsApp accounts without requiring passwords or SIM card changes.

Hackers have found a way to quietly take over WhatsApp accounts without touching passwords, SMS codes, or the app’s end-to-end encryption. Instead of breaking crypto, they are abusing a legitimate ...

Over the past six months, the fake package has reportedly been downloaded more than 56,000 times., Technology & Science, ...

A large-scale hacking operation targeting WhatsApp users has come to light, affecting people across 24 countries. Hackers targeted around 90 individuals, including journalists and members of civil ...

(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp messenger service said it disrupted a hacking campaign linked to Israeli spyware firm Paragon. WhatsApp detected efforts to hack the phones of ...

A cybersecurity company has warned of a new phishing scam targeting WhatsApp users, beginning with a message that appears ordinary from a trusted contact, but may end ...

Senior government officials in multiple U.S.-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp to take over users’ phones, according to people ...

WhatsApp said on Friday that it had disrupted a hacking campaign that targeted around 90 users, including journalists and members of civil society. A WhatsApp spokesperson told TechCrunch that the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -WhatsApp said Friday it discovered an advanced cyberespionage effort that took advantage of a chain of security vulnerabilities in the app and Apple devices to hack them. A ...