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How To Stop Hackers From Reading Your WhatsApp Messages Messaging app WhatsApp has had a tricky year when it comes to security issues. First, there was the fake “WhatsApp Gold” update doing the rounds, then there was the spyware issue, and now it seems there is another hacking attempt on the app. A few days ago, WhatsApp posted a security advisory message on Facebook following the discovery of a security flaw which would allow hackers to access someone’s messages by sending a malicious video file. The Facebook-owned app didn’t reveal whether you needed to physically open the video in order to be affected. The flaw affected WhatsApp on Android phones, iPhones, and Windows Phones too. The company has issued a fix, however, and you need to ensure you are using the most recent version of WhatsApp in order to be protected. Here’s how to do it. How to update WhatsApp 1.       Before updating WhatsApp, make sure you back up any...

Whatsapp Hack Targets Government Officials The phone of senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi was also hacked through WhatsApp with the use of the Israeli spyware Pegasus, party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged on Sunday. At a press conference, Surjewala said that Gandhi had received a message from the Facebook-owned messaging platform informing her that her phone could also have been targeted with the snooping software at the same time that other users in India were notified. The party, however, did not say exactly when Gandhi received the message. "I want to tell that Priyanka Gandhi also received a similar message from WhatsApp around the same time," Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, responding to a question about Praful Patel and Mamata Banerjee receiving messages from the Facebook-owned messaging platform. On Thursday, reports had revealed that several members of the civil society in India have been the target of surveillance through spywar...

Deux anciens employés de Twitter ont servi d'espions à l'Arabie saoudite Deux anciens employés de Twitter, ainsi qu un autre individu, ont été inculpés mercredi pour avoir prétendument espionné des utilisateurs de Twitter critiquant la famille royale saoudienne, a annoncé le ministère américain de la Justice. Selon Washington, des fonctionnaires saoudiens auraient recruté des employés sur Twitter pour consulter les données privées de milliers de comptes Twitter et retirer certains contenus de la plate-forme de médias sociaux. Les trois suspects ont été arrêtés pour avoir accédé frauduleusement à des informations privées et avoir agi comme agents illégaux d un gouvernement étranger. Selon la plainte, entre novembre 2014 et mai 2015, les autorités saoudiennes ont convaincu les deux anciens employés de Twitter d utiliser leurs références d employé pour accéder à des informations privées sur des individus derrière certains comptes Twitter, en particulier ceux qui ont cr...