Fraud tactics evolving

According to a new report, cyber scams cost the global economy $1 trillion in 2024, with the United States suffering the most significant financial losses.

 
Exploited a WhatsApp flaw

A US judge has ruled that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group breached hacking laws by using WhatsApp to infect devices with its Pegasus spyware. 

Encryption and public safety concerns

The FBI has issued an urgent call to iPhone and Android users, urging them to reconsider using popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Signal.

Closes two million pig butchering accounts

Meta said it has removed more than two million accounts this year linked to overseas criminal gangs behind scam operations that have allegedly forced hundreds of thousands of people into scamming roles and cost victims billions of dollars worldwide.

It wasn’t its government customers after all

Legal documents released during the ongoing US litigation between NSO Group and WhatsApp have revealed that the Israeli cyberweapons maker’s customers do not do dirty work.

Part of its cunning plan to replace Google Assistant

Search engine outfit Google is working on making its Gemini AI project more tightly integrated with WhatsApp.

Too much post Brexit regulation

Big Tech is considering leaving the UK because they are being swamped with more regulation than they see in the EU.

How Microsoft messed up

CNBC has created a 15-minute video The Rise and Fall of Skype which explains how the messaging app was ruined by the software king of the world Microsoft.

If they are quick

WhatsApp users can finally edit their messages.

Claims it is about protecting children

Spain wants to ban encryption for hundreds of millions of people within the European Union and has strong support among EU member states for proposals to scanning private messages for illegal content.