Rap for WhatsApp chat app chaps in phone-to-pwn security nap flap
Memory corruption flaw present in Android, iOS builds. Aaand it's been fixed
Security09 Oct 2018 | 3
WhatsApp security snafu allows sneaky 'message manipulation'
You could put words in people's mouths, claim researchers
Security09 Aug 2018 | 30
India tells WhatsApp to add filters, ASAP
Riots and murder have followed fake news and 'provocation'
Legal04 Jul 2018 | 20
Continental: We, er, tire of Whatsapp, Snapchat on work phones. GDPR, innit?
Messaging apps verboten until they fall into line with EU regs
Security05 Jun 2018 | 28
Escape from the Zuckerborg: WhatsApp founder legs it
User privacy rows rage on as Koum leaves to play Ultimate Frisbee, collect rare Porsches
On-Prem01 May 2018 | 52
WhatsApp agrees not to share user info with the Zuckerborg… for now
ICO probe: No legal basis for Facebook slurps
Security14 Mar 2018 | 22
BROADER TOPICS
BlackBerry unveils bold new strategy: Suing the c**p out of Facebook
Updated Old RIM job on Zuck's bucks, WhatsApp, Instagram named
On-Prem06 Mar 2018 | 72
Intel puts security on the todo list, Tavis topples torrent tool, and more
Roundup A quick catch-up on infosec stuff beyond what we've already reported
Security13 Jan 2018 | 14
France gives WhatsApp a month to get slurps in order or face fine
Regulator questions legality of transferring data to Facebook
Legal19 Dec 2017 | 13
Over a million Android users fooled by fake WhatsApp app in official Google Play Store
Rap for whack WhatsApp chat app chaps in ad crap flap
Security03 Nov 2017 | 55
WhatsApp? You still don't get EU privacy laws, that's WhatsApp
Data regulator taskforce formed to look into firm's data slurp
Legal26 Oct 2017 | 71
Let's dig into how open source could KO the Silicon Valley chat silos
Interview Open Xchange boss maps out IMAP scheme
Software19 Oct 2017 | 19
Open source sets sights on killing WhatsApp and Slack
Exclusive See this IMAP, Zuck? It's pointing right at you
Software12 Oct 2017 | 52
Leaky-by-design location services show outsourced security won't ever work
Google and Facebook can't – or won't – anticipate misuses of data that shouldn't exist
Security10 Oct 2017 | 88
Home Sec Amber Rudd: Yeah, I don't understand encryption. So what?
Techies! Will you please stop patronising and sneering! ;_;
Legal03 Oct 2017 | 341
WhatsApp irons a shirt, dons a suit, prepares business services
Slackers beware, Facebook-owned messaging platform thinks it can charge for chat
Software06 Sep 2017 | 17
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg: Crypto ban won't help trap terrorists
Tells Desert Island Discs that Indie apps don't hand over metadata
Security31 Jul 2017 | 38
WhatsApp app in flap over chap's snap of URL mishap
Secure messaging springs leak when looking up URLs
Software19 Jun 2017 | 18
WhatsApp is more like WhatsDown: Messenger collapsed for millions
Updated TITSUP: Total Inability To Support Usual Prattle
Personal Tech03 May 2017 | 8
Ex-military and security firms oppose Home Sec in WhatsApp crypto row
'We are in real trouble if we apply blunt weapons to this'
Security27 Mar 2017 | 65
UK digital minister Matt Hancock praises 'crucial role' of encryption
Rudd's message to Hancock must've been intercepted...
Legal27 Mar 2017 | 75
UK Home Sec: Give us a snoop-around for WhatApp encryption. Don't worry, we won't go into the cloud
Plus: UK needs those with the right 'hashtags' to stop wrong uploads*
Legal26 Mar 2017 | 200
WhatsApp blind-sided by booby-trapped photo vulnerability
Same issue in Telegram, says researcher
Security15 Mar 2017 | 14
Rap for crap WhatsApp trap flap: Yack yack app claptrap slapped
Security gurus condemn sensational reporting of encryption backdoor-that-wasn't
Security20 Jan 2017 | 23
EU accuses Facebook of providing incorrect info on WhatsApp buy
Says ability to match FB IDs with WhatsApp ones was there in '14
Legal20 Dec 2016 | 26
Facebook 'fesses up to WhatsApp privacy blunder in UK
Chat app ponders procuring proper permissions from punters, Info Comish ponders punishment for non-compliance
Legal08 Nov 2016 | 23
Germany calls halt to Facebook’s WhatsApp info slurp
Privacy watchdog says nein
Legal27 Sep 2016 | 16
What's up, Zuck? FTC to probe Facebook for WhatsApp phone number mega-slurp
Campaigners urge watchdog to examine info snatch
Legal08 Sep 2016 | 36
WhatsApp is to hand your phone number to Facebook
Roses are red, violets are blue, Facebook knows all that you think, say and do
Legal25 Aug 2016 | 92
EU privacy czars mull privacy regulation for Skype, WhatsApp
Eurocrats, tech sector face off over future of ePrivacy Directive
Legal15 Aug 2016 | 5
WhatsApp goes to Rio (again), but the battle is far from over
Supreme Court lifts block ahead of full hearing; government mulls service regulation
Legal21 Jul 2016 | 2
WhatsApp gets another Brazilian whack as magistrate blocks it again
Update National shut-down starts Tuesday, just in time for the Olympics
Legal20 Jul 2016 | 15
Cryptocat dev reckons WhatsApp is blocking calls to Saudi numbers
Decompiled code suggests blocks are embedded in the app
Security14 Jul 2016 | 14
Judge gives Zuck a US$6 million Brazilian
Facebook funds frozen because WhatsApp won't hand over drug-lords' messages
Legal05 Jul 2016 | 24
Facebook, WhatsApp farewell BlackBerry
Social networks decide one per cent market share isn't worthy of native app support
Personal Tech20 Mar 2016 | 28
Zuck gets a Brazilian whack: Top Facebook VP cuffed in WhatsApp privacy kerfuffle
Latin America exec refused to hand over natterers' natterings
Security01 Mar 2016 | 19
Facebook is no charity, and the ‘free’ in Free Basics comes at a price
Comment Why would India reject it? Here's why...
Networks18 Jan 2016 | 67
Brazil gets a WTF WhatsApp moment
Analysis Service taken offline because of one case; country erupts
Software17 Dec 2015 | 53
WhatsApp laid bare: Info-sucking app's innards probed
Popular chat app collects and transmits data, warns paper
Security27 Oct 2015 | 29
‘Insufficient evidence’ makes Brit cops drop revenge porn probes
SnapChat, WhatsApp, Facebook highlighted in research
Legal13 Oct 2015 | 46
Oh snap! Yap app WhatsApp chaps zap .BAT trap in hack flap
Thinking cap on after security gap tapped
Security08 Sep 2015 | 15
How swearing at your coworker via WhatsApp could cost you $68,000
Pro-tip: Don't be in the UAE
Bootnotes16 Jun 2015 | 36
Decrypted WhatsApp chats laid groundwork for Belgian terror raids
Firm handing over plaintext comms helped us, say Feds
Security11 Jun 2015 | 7
Chat app WhatsApp gift-wraps free yaps for Apple iPhone saps
Come on, fanbois, help the Zuckerborg destroy mobe firms
Networks22 Apr 2015 | 16
What's 'appening with WhatsApp? '800 MEEELLION LOSERS* actively use us', says boss
*Users. We mean users. Obvs
SaaS19 Apr 2015 | 21
When will ROBOTS start chatting on WhatsApp? Don't hold your breath, says co-founder
F8 2015 Gab service has 'no plans' for developer APIs
SaaS26 Mar 2015 | 3
Snapchat wants $19 BEEELLION for your selfies
Hey, if it was good enough for WhatsApp…
On-Prem18 Feb 2015 | 9
WhatDaHell, WhatsApp? Student claims 'stalker' tool shows security flaws
Releases proof-of-concept app to 'highlight concerns'
Security16 Feb 2015 | 12
Teen whiz exposes WhatsApp profile pic privacy blunder bug
That teddy bear icon was for friends' eyes only
Security30 Jan 2015 | 11
Spammers set their sights on WhatsApp – that's that ruined then
Bypassing filters and flinging ads through bars of cage
Software15 Jan 2015 | 26
What do UK and Iran have in common? Both want to outlaw encrypted apps
Tearing down security will make us all secure? WTF
Security12 Jan 2015 | 222
'It is comforting to know where your data centres are.' UK.GOV does not
QuoTW Plus: Anons are 'wannabes', KKK says, before being pwned
Bootnotes22 Nov 2014 | 3
HALF A BILLION TERRORISTS: WhatsApp encrypts ALL its worldwide jabber
Default set to keep texts from prying eyes
Security18 Nov 2014 | 32
New GCHQ spymaster: US tech giants are 'command and control networks for terror'
And he claims public WANTS more surveillance
Legal04 Nov 2014 | 150
WhatsApp, Zuck? Facebook finally finishes $22bn upstart gobble
Jan Koum and Brian Acton are now officially obscenely wealthy
On-Prem07 Oct 2014 | 4
EU blesses $19bn Facebook-Whatsapp marriage
Yet it's not bothered about user privacy worries
Software03 Oct 2014 | 4
Zuck: Yo, Mexico! My $19bn WhatsApp could connect THREE BEEELLION people
Facebook boydroid frets about EU watchdog
On-Prem06 Sep 2014 | 11
Facebook, WhatsApp sit on cold steel table as Euro Commish ponders painful probe
Your hospital gowns are gaping, chaps
Legal02 Sep 2014 | 8
UK WhatsApp duo convicted of possessing extreme porn
Pair pleaded guilty to 'unsolicited' shock images featuring animals
Legal05 Aug 2014 | 80
Twitter hints at messaging moves
WhatsApp with this plan? Facebook's $19b cash dangle, perhaps?
Networks22 Jul 2014 | 7
Spanish struggle to control spelling of 'WhatsApp'
Wasap? Linguistic anarchy, that's guasap
Bootnotes27 Jun 2014 | 45
What's up, Zuck? Facebook asks Brussels to probe its GIGANTIC WhatsApp deal
Free content ad network hopes to swerve national watchdogs
SaaS28 May 2014 | 9
Biting the hand that feeds IT
