#whatsapp

#whatsapp

The tech giant said it's detected and disrupted about 8 million accounts engaging in scam operations during the first half of 2025, including those associated with scam centers in areas like Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, the United Arab Emirates, and the Philippines. It also took action on over 21,000 Facebook Pages and accounts that were pretending to be customer support operations that were attempting to trick people into sharing their information.

A federal judge has granted Meta-owned WhatsApp's request for a permanent injunction blocking Israeli cyberintelligence company NSO Group from targeting the messaging app's users. At the same time, the judge dramatically reduced the fine that NSO Group must pay to Meta. Earlier this year, a jury decided that the cyberintelligence company would have to pay Meta more than $167 million following a 2019 campaign that targeted more than 1,400 WhatsApp users, including human rights activists and journalists.

Would you want to be in a group chat with your favorite sports celebrities and athletes? You'll have your chance this fall, thanks to a collaboration between WhatsApp and OffBall. OffBall, a year-old sports media startup that focuses on careful curation for its followers, announced on Friday that it was bringing back The Chat, which it had previously conducted with sports stars such as LeBron James.

WhatsApp is attempting to solve its spam problem by putting a curb on how many messages individual users and businesses can send to unknown people without getting a response. While the app started as an easy way to send messages to personal contacts, over time, it has become more complex with groups, communities, and business messaging. With those changes, people are getting more messages than ever, and it is hard to catch up with all of them.

Samsung has fixed a critical flaw that affects its Android devices - but not before attackers found and exploited the bug, which could allow remote code execution on affected devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-21043, affects Android OS versions 13, 14, 15, and 16.

The letter outlined not only the improper access engineers had to WhatsApp user data, but a variety of other shortcomings, including a "failure to inventory user data," as required under privacy laws in California, the European Union, and the FTC settlement, failure to locate data storage, an absence of systems for monitoring user data access, and an inability to detect data breaches that were standard for other companies.

"When they become full-fledged teenagers, they don't want you to text them," Scott, who shares two kids with wife Naomi Scott, jokingly says. "They don't want you to text them, and if you do, it needs to be brief and you can't use punctuation, or it'll be embarrassing." "OK, so leave them alone," Brody notes, asking the "Severance" star if he could divulge his phone philosophy with his kids.

"Today, WhatsApp announced the launch of its new US brand campaign, ' highlighting why Americans deserve better than "just okay" group chats. Starring Emmy-nominated actors Adam Scott and Adam Brody, the cinematic campaign plays out in mirrored storylines that reveal the difference between group chats that fall apart and ones that truly work."

The viral post falsely claims that if you do not enable Advanced Chat Privacy, Meta's AI tools will be able to access your private conversations. This isn't true, and it misrepresents both how Meta AI works and what Advanced Chat Privacy is. The confusion seems to spawn from the fact that Meta AI can be invoked through a number of methods, including in any group chat with the @Meta AI command .

Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, who heads Amnesty International's Security Lab, described the attack in a post on X as an "advanced spyware campaign" that targeted users over the past 90 days, or since the end of May. Ó Cearbhaill described the pair of bugs as a "zero-click" attack, meaning it does not require any interaction from the victim, such as clicking a link, to compromise their device.

Russia has started restricting WhatsApp due to dissatisfaction with the platform's handling of fraud and terrorism information requests, following years of conflict with foreign tech platforms.

WhatsApp is introducing a safety overview for group chat invitations from unknown contacts, providing details such as group creation date, the inviter's identity, and membership count.

WhatsApp is set to introduce a feature allowing users to import profile photos from Facebook and Instagram directly into their WhatsApp profiles.

WhatsApp is introducing voice call capabilities for large businesses to reach customers, allowing for AI-powered voice agents and enhanced customer interactions.

We've all been there - rushing between meetings, catching up after a flight without Wi-Fi, or simply having too many chats to catch up on. Sometimes, you just need to quickly catch up on your messages.

Perplexity AI on WhatsApp revolutionizes information access, allowing users to engage in fast, conversational queries without the hassle of switching between apps.

"The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use."

The House of Representatives has banned staff members from using WhatsApp on government devices, deeming it a high-risk due to data protection concerns.

WhatsApp users can now request images by texting 1-800-ChatGPT, which is OpenAI's integrated AI service on WhatsApp.