tomcat (@tomcat@infosec.exchange)
🛑 WhatsApp alerted ~200 users targeted by a fake iOS app carrying #spyware, mostly in Italy.
The attack used social engineering to mimic #WhatsApp. Meta is acting against an Italian firm linked to the spyware.
🔗 Read details here → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/whatsapp-alerts-200-users-after-fake.html
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ItalianNews (@ItalianNews@mastodon.ozioso.online)
Punto Informatico: Falsa app italiana di WhatsApp ha spiato 200 utenti
Meta ha avvisato circa 200 utenti che l'app di WhatsApp non era quella ufficiale, ma una versione fasulla sviluppata dall'azienda italiana ASIGINT.
The post Falsa app italiana di WhatsApp ha spiato 200 utenti appeared first on Punto Informatico.
False Italian WhatsApp app spied 200 users.
Meta has notified around 200 users that the WhatsApp app was not the official one, but a fake version developed by the Italian company ASIGINT.
The post Fake Italian WhatsApp app spied on 200 users appeared first on Punto Informatico.
#WhatsApp #Italian #ASIGINT #first #PuntoInformatico
https://www.punto-informatico.it/falsa-app-italiana-whatsapp-spiato-200-utenti/
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tarnkappeinfo (@tarnkappeinfo@social.tchncs.de)
📬 Malware per WhatsApp. Der Rest läuft auf Windows
#Cyberangriffe #AnyDesk #BackblazeB2 #MSIPakete #Persistenz #TencentCloud #VBSDatei #WhatsApp https://sc.tarnkappe.info/8a4894
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heiseonlineenglish (@heiseonlineenglish@social.heise.de)
WhatsApp malware campaign installs backdoors
Microsoft warns of a malware campaign that delivers malicious software via WhatsApp messages and compromises systems.
#IT #Malware #Security #WhatsApp #Windows #news
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blazr (@blazr@chaos.social)
@mimikama ... hmm 🤔 ... ich wuerde ja sagen #microslop und #whatsapp SIND die malware.
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blaulicht (@blaulicht@freie-re.de)
Main-Tauber-Kreis (ots) - Tauberbischofsheim: Unfallflucht - Zeugen gesucht Ein Unbekannter beschädigte am Mittwoch mit seinem Fahrzeug einen geparkten BMW in Tauberbischofsheim und flüchtete. Eine 41-Jährige parkte ihren X1 gegen 11 Uhr in der ...
https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/110971/6248557
#BMW #Bahn #Bahnunglück #Fahrzeug #Flucht #Invalidität #Motorrad #Personenkraftwagen #Peugeot #Schutzplanke #Transport #Unfall #Unfallflucht #Unfälle #Verkehrsunglück #WhatsApp #Zeugen
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heisec (@heisec@social.heise.de)
WhatsApp-Malware-Kampagne installiert Backdoors
Microsoft warnt vor einer Malware-Kampagne, die über WhatsApp-Nachrichten bösartige Software ausliefert und Systeme kompromittiert.
#IT #Malware #Security #WhatsApp #Windows #news
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
Dass #Threema kostenlos ist, war gestern natürlich nur ein Aprilscherz. Kein Scherz ist jedoch das Osterrätsel von Threema. Dabei gibt es für jeden der mitmacht 3 Lizenzen kostenlos zu #Ostern Folge mir und ich zeig Dir Sonntag wie Du #Threema gratis bekommst + 18 € sparst! #Whatsapp #Signal
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
Dass #Threema kostenlos ist, war gestern natĂĽrlich nur ein Aprilscherz.
Kein Scherz ist jedoch das Osterrätsel von Threema. Dabei gibt es für jeden der mitmacht 3 Lizenzen kostenlos zu #Ostern
Folge mir und ich zeig Dir Sonntag wie Du #Threema gratis bekommst + 18 € sparst!
#Whatsapp #Signal
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vqa44z646pmhq7eqdpjzx4r3/post/3mig2n33rzs22
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securityaffairs (@securityaffairs@infosec.exchange)
Italian #spyware vendor creates fake #WhatsApp app, targeting 200 users
https://securityaffairs.com/190276/malware/italian-spyware-vendor-creates-fake-whatsapp-app-targeting-200-users.html
#securityaffairs #hacking #spyware
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TheBadPlace (@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online)
All Content from Business Insider | WhatsApp's former security chief is 'not done fighting' after his lawsuit got dismissed by Charles Rollet
Messaging platform WhatsApp.Illustration by Algi Febri Sugita/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
A lawsuit filed by an ex-WhatsApp security head was dismissed for lacking "sufficient facts."In the suit, Attaullah Baig said Meta fired him for raising concerns about serious cyber risks.Baig's team says he's "not done fighting." Meta says the claims are meritless.A lawsuit filed by WhatsApp's former chief of security, Attaullah Baig, was dismissed by the US District Court in Northern California last month for lack of evidence, and Baig's team says that they plan to refile.
In the suit, Baig alleged he was fired as part of Meta's performance-based layoffs for raising concerns about what he described as gaping security holes inside the Meta-owned chat app. His lawsuit said his firing violated SEC rules that protect whistleblowers from termination.
Read the original article on Business Insider
#lawsuit #meta #privacy #security #whatsapp
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MelaNews (@MelaNews@mastodon.uno)
WhatsApp ha rilevato che circa 200 utenti, principalmente in Italia, sono stati indotti a installare una versione contraffatta dell'app, in realtĂ uno spyware governativo.
#whatsapp #sicurezzadigitale
https://kiro.it/mF26A
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