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When Android users get a call from a non-contact, they will see more information about the caller, including their country.
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Fraud & Identity Theft
Signal has also made a security announcement: an automatic key verification feature to complement its safety number system.
Vulnerabilities
An attacker only needed to convince the targeted user to visit a malicious website to exfiltrate WhatsApp messages and contacts.
Data Protection
An optional ‘username key’ adds another layer by requiring a secondary credential before someone can message users.
Privacy & Compliance
The Meta-owned communications app is filing a federal court contempt order against NSO.
Vulnerabilities
The vulnerabilities were reported to Meta through its bug bounty program and were patched with updates released earlier this year.
Privacy
Meta does not plan on fixing the vulnerability because it involves the use of a modified client application.
Cybercrime
The social media giant has disabled more than 150,000 accounts powering scam centers in Asia.
Data Protection
New Strict Account Settings allow users to block attachments and media and silence calls from unknown people.
Data Protection
Researchers demonstrated a now-patched vulnerability that could have been used to enumerate all WhatsApp accounts.
Vulnerabilities
The total amount of money given to bug bounty hunters by the social media giant has reached $25 million.
Vulnerabilities
WhatsApp told SecurityWeek that the two low-impact vulnerabilities cannot be used for arbitrary code execution.
Mobile & Wireless
Questions have been raised over the technical viability of the purported WhatsApp exploit, but the researcher says he wants to keep his identity private.
Compliance
The judge ruled that punitive damages of $167 million awarded by a jury were excessive.
Privacy & Compliance
Attaullah Baig has filed a lawsuit against Meta and its executives, accusing them of retaliation over critical cybersecurity failures.
Vulnerabilities
The vulnerability (CVE-2025-55177) was exploited along an iOS/macOS zero-day in suspected spyware attacks.
Cybercrime
Meta linked these scams to a criminal scam center in Cambodia — and said it disrupted the campaign in partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI.
Vulnerabilities
Meta is sponsoring ZDI’s Pwn2Own hacking competition, where participants can earn big prizes for smartphone, WhatsApp and wearable device exploits.
Vulnerabilities
WhatsApp told SecurityWeek that it linked the exploited FreeType vulnerability CVE-2025-27363 to a Paragon exploit.
Malware & Threats
Meta has won its WhatsApp hacking lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO Group in an “important step forward for privacy and security”.
Artificial Intelligence
Hackers have been harvesting AI access tokens and have been using AI-assisted offensive tools to automate attacks.
Artificial Intelligence
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