Apparently, WhatsApp has become the perfect tool for cybercriminals and scammers to do their things. This time it is one of the most difficult scams to identify by the victims: the lost chip. That is because the scammer steals a person's phone number, blocks the original line and impersonates the victim to extort his contacts. The criminal buys a new chip and calls the telephone operator...

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INCIBE (Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad / National Institute of Cybersecurity) alerted everyone about the viral scam making the rounds on Instant Messaging app WhatsApp: A message with a link to a video in which the user is invited to participate in an exchange of collective money. The scam is presented as a circular economy movement, that claims that by only investing 33Euro, you can earn up...

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WhatsApp offers an encryption end-to-end, which means when you send a message to a contact in your agenda, only you and the receiver can access this conversation. It also includes images, videos, voice notes, and documents. Not even the developer of WhatsApp could access the content.   Your messages are secured by a lock and only you and the receiver have the special codes/keys to open and read the...

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The messaging app with the most users worldwide, WhatsApp, once again was down the morning of July 3rd. According to reports from users it had issues with the audios, videos, or photos received.   Not only WhatsApp had issues with its platforms. Facebook and Instagram also had problems around the globe. This prevented users from these social networks to use them as they normally would, since neither images...

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