Scammers are working harder than ever to trick people online, but WhatsApp is hitting back in a big way. In the first half of 2025, WhatsApp removed more than 6.8 million accounts tied to global scam ...

A new WhatsApp scam, called GhostPairing, has begun to quietly unsettle cybersecurity researchers as the attack somehow evades the app's most common security me ...

A new attack abusing a legitimate device pairing feature of the app could be used to penetrate employee WhatsApp Groups.

Threat actors are abusing the legitimate device-linking feature to hijack WhatsApp accounts via pairing codes in a campaign ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Hackers are now using spyware to attack WhatsApp, Signal and other ...

Dip not open your account to hackers. WhatsApp attacks are headline news. First Apple then Samsung issued emergency updates for iPhone and Galaxy phones. Now the police say account takeovers are ...

Device-level protection plays a key role as well. Users should enable app lock and chat lock to prevent unauthorised access, especially if the phone is lost or borrowed. Using fingerprint unlock, Face ...

Hackers are tricking WhatsApp users into unknowingly entering a code that links the attacker's device to their account, ...