Researchers at Symantec have recently discovered a malicious app that can steal photos and videos from the popular instant messaging and VoIP app Viber. The malicious app, Beaver Gang Counter, which was available on Google Play, positions itself as a score-keeping app for a card game. Instead of helping you keep score, it secretly searches for the directories that Viber uses to store images and video files, which it then sends to a remote server.
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Telegram, the 100-million-user app made by social network VK’s founder Pavel Durov, uses its own encryption protocol: MTProto. Telegram was the subject to a lot of controversies over its encryption protocol. Then in 2015, a security researcher published a research paper detailing theoretical weaknesses* in MTProto and concluded that Telegram shouldn’t have tried to roll their own encryption.
More than 50 millions of Smartphone users worldwide are facing a risk posed by a critical flaw in Viber app. Bkav Internet Security Corporation detected the flaw, which allows unauthorized users to access and take full control of Android smartphones installed with Viber even when the phones have been locked. Smartphones of all popular brands like Samsung, Sony, HTC, etc. are vulnerable.
Messaging firm Viber is adding end-to-end encryption for 711 million of its users, becoming the latest tech firm to embrace encryption on an massive scale. Making the move even more provocative is the fact Viber is owned by a Japanese conglomerate and operates out of Israel – making it immune to existing and any upcoming U.S. encryption laws.
Viber is not the first messaging company outside the U.S. to offer encryption, but it is the largest by a long shot, said Ed McAndrew, a cyber security attorney with the law firm Ballard Spahr and former federal cybercrime prosecutor.
Viber is not the first messaging company outside the U.S. to offer encryption, but it is the largest by a long shot, said Ed McAndrew, a cyber security attorney with the law firm Ballard Spahr and former federal cybercrime prosecutor.
Last week we reported a critical vulnerability in the world's most popular messaging application WhatsApp, that could expose users’ GPS location data to hackers and was discovered by the researchers at UNH Cyber Forensics Research & Education Group.
Same Group of researchers reported new set of vulnerabilities in another most popular messaging application ‘VIber’. They claimed that Viber's poor data security practices threaten privacy of its more than 150 million active users.
Same Group of researchers reported new set of vulnerabilities in another most popular messaging application ‘VIber’. They claimed that Viber's poor data security practices threaten privacy of its more than 150 million active users.
CS Computer Systems unveiled FCS Messenger V1.3, the latest version of its advanced hotel staff mobile communication app. The mobile solution ensures the instant and secure transmission of task details and updates across a hotel property and its various operational departments. Compatible with both iOS and Android devices, the latest version of FCS Messenger ensures that employees are able to effortlessly connect with each other via a push-to-talk walkie-talkie style platform that also offers the ability to seamlessly store and retrieve message information whenever needed.
Being a regular user of a messenger you will not notice any difference in usage. And I think it is stupid to send important information via a usual messenger, cause the information will not be protected for sure.
I absolutely agree with you. Using messengers we forget not only about security but also about live communication.
I don't know about you guys, but I love Wat SAP the most. I think it is the most convenient of all messaging and call applications. And most importantly what he's already promoted so it is for everyone whose phone supports it. Right now even grandparents sit in it.
But I still can not understand his competitor "there-there" that he has what is not in Wat SAPE than he is better? can someone tell me??
But I still can not understand his competitor "there-there" that he has what is not in Wat SAPE than he is better? can someone tell me??
Now all our personal life on the Internet, so I think that it should be secured. And it definitely costs money.
WhatsApp, Viber and Telegram offer end-to-end encryption. In translation, this means that they encrypt the messages sent through their app in order to provide complete privacy both for the sender and for the receiver. Telegram was the first one to use this type of security, followed by WhatsApp and then by Viber, which was the last one to adopt this technique in April last year. However, with Viber you can only enjoy this with the latest version of the app.
Is paranoya OS just a modification of an android or a completely separate operating system?
Viber, the popular messaging app, is adding a new auto-delete security feature in a bid to woo more clients in the highly competitive messaging app market, it has been reported.
The Rakuten Inc – owned messaging platform has announced that it has added the new security features to help its users have a high level of control over the messages that they share with their friends.
The Rakuten Inc – owned messaging platform has announced that it has added the new security features to help its users have a high level of control over the messages that they share with their friends.
Being a regular user of a messenger you will not notice any difference in usage. And I think it is stupid to send important information via a usual messenger, cause the information will not be protected for sure.
I do not think that security is possible on the network. A worldwide communication is a transparent. And any attempts to create a gadget for private communication is just an ATTEMPT, just an informational excuse is no more.
Viber, the popular messaging app, is adding a new auto-delete security feature in a bid to woo more clients in the highly competitive messaging app market, it has been reported.
The Rakuten Inc – owned messaging platform has announced that it has added the new security features to help its users have a high level of control over the messages that they share with their friends.
The Rakuten Inc – owned messaging platform has announced that it has added the new security features to help its users have a high level of control over the messages that they share with their friends.
I believe that at the moment Viber and WhatsApp is a very popular messenger, it uses a huge number of people, except for usual correspondence it is possible to make paid calls to city and mobile phones, they can send text messages, sound signals, images, video, now 21 century and I'm sure it's safe!
Good time of day. Everyone has their opinion on this, but also have classmates, Vkontakte, there-there, Facebook, Twitter and many other applications that are no less popular, as well as you can make free calls, if you do not take into account the Internet, you can also conduct dialogues over a longer distance and many other chips. The best I think no, each application is unique in its own way, each has its drawbacks and its pros. In the 21st century, it became much easier to conduct dialogues and communicate with people at a greater distance thanks to these applications!
Security continues to be a high priority for software developers. The latest developer to make sure its services offer users maximum protection is Viber. The popular Viber app is now set to incorporate a brand new feature which will be implemented to the existing Secret Messages feature.
VictorBy, it's really great messenger, convenient and safe. Protects personal information and privacy.
I'd like to ask those who already use this gadget: is it really worth it? Does it provide maximum security?
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