“SimpleX, at its core, is designed to be truly distributed with no central server. This allows for enormous scalability at low cost, and also makes it virtually impossible to snoop on the network graph,” Poberezkin wrote in a company blog post published in 2022. SimpleX’s policies expressly prohibit “sending illegal communications” and outline how SimpleX… Read More: Neo-Nazis head to encrypted SimpleX Chat app, bail on Telegram »
Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images reader comments 11 with Researchers on Wednesday said they found fake apps in Google Play that masqueraded as legitimate ones for the Signal and Telegram messaging platforms. The malicious apps could pull messages or other sensitive information from legitimate accounts when users took certain actions. An app with the… Read More: Google removes fake Signal and Telegram apps hosted on Play »
reader comments 52 with 44 posters participating Share this story Telegram patched another image self-destruction bug in its app earlier this year. This flaw was a different issue from the one reported in 2019. But the researcher who reported the bug isn’t pleased with Telegram’s months-long turnaround time—and an offered $1,159 (€1,000) bounty award in… Read More: Researcher refuses Telegram’s bounty award, discloses auto-delete bug »
reader comments 46 with 37 posters participating Share this story Telegram has exploded as a hub for cybercriminals looking to buy, sell, and share stolen data and hacking tools, new research shows, as the messaging app emerges as an alternative to the dark web. An investigation by cyber intelligence group Cyberint, together with the Financial… Read More: Telegram emerges as new dark web for cyber criminals »
reader comments 50 with 33 posters participating Share this story If you’re using an Android device—or in some cases an iPhone—the Telegram messenger app makes it easy for hackers to find your precise location when you enable a feature that allows users who are geographically close to you to connect. The researcher who discovered the… Read More: Telegram feature exposes your precise address to hackers »