In October 2025, WhatsApp quietly updated its platform policies to restrict “general-purpose AI chatbots” from operating on the app.

The Delta State Police Command has advised Nigerians to always verify the identities of persons requesting money on WhatsApp to avoid falling victim to fraudsters.

For millions of young Indians and Americans, WhatsApp is more than a chat app. It’s where memes are shared, crushes confessed, and—yes—banking and business done. But what happens when your own ...

An IT worker claims he "vibe coded" a phishing page via AI to unmask a would-be scammer in Delhi, prompting panicked pleas ...

Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone ...

Researchers exploited WhatsApp's API vulnerability to scrape 3.5 billion phone numbers. Learn how this massive data breach ...

The Times of India's 'Hack of the Day' series offers practical solutions for everyday challenges. This installment focuses on ...

Water Saci has upgraded its self-propagating malware to compromise banks and crypto exchanges by targeting enterprise users ...

Applications will have to verify that the user has an active SIM card installed in the phone; otherwise, the app will not ...

WhatsApp is rolling out multi-account support for iOS, allowing iPhone users to use two separate WhatsApp accounts within the same app, a feature previously available on Android.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns that hackers are actively targeting Signal, WhatsApp, and other encrypted messaging apps with commercial spyware that exploits specific ...

There are some other big changes coming to WhatsApp too WHATSAPP has relaunched its oldest feature – and it should make the texting app less annoying. We take it for granted now, but WhatsApp wasn’t ...