This tactic relies on a simple weak point: trust. The malicious file is sent by someone you know, using their stolen account.

Spam accounts overwhelmed my database. Claude found the weaknesses, Codex wrote the fixes, and I deployed a new defense.

WhatsApp says its upcoming username feature includes multiple safeguards to prevent scams, impersonation, and unwanted messages after users raised privacy concerns.

Technology from American companies is being used to power a revolution in the scam industry, playing a key role in the industrialization and globalization of fraud in ways that have not been clear ...

Federal authorities are offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of a ...

With over 500 million users, WhatsApp in India is a prime target for scammers. Be wary of unsolicited messages from unknown ...

If you use WhatsApp Desktop or WhatsApp Web, you need to exercise extra caution. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has revealed a ...

To mute a conversation in Google Messages, open it, tap the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner, and select Mute ...

WhatsApp already offers disappearing photos, videos and voice apps, but it's finally offering what most of its contemporaries already have: disappearing (view-once) texts. The company is busy testing ...

Google Messages has several settings worth checking. PSA: Gemini chats in Messages are not end-to-end encrypted. Also, small changes can make texting cleaner and less distracting. So, when I set up a ...

Google on Friday said it's pursuing legal action against a Chinese cybercrime network, accusing it of using its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) agent to send phishing text messages targeting ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime operation, alleging that the group used artificial intelligence to send more than 2 million text messages with fraudulent ...