The Department of Telecommunications has directed major messaging platforms, including WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal, to ...

All communications on WhatsApp, including text messages, calls and media, are end-to-end encrypted by default, using the highly secure Signal protocol. Telegram allows users to engage in group chats ...

The messaging app Signal made news in March after a handful of White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, used the app to communicate with each other (and, inadvertently, a journalist) ...

Downloads of privacy-focused messaging apps Signal and Telegram got a boost as users looked for alternatives to Facebook-owned WhatsApp over concerns about changes to the service's privacy policy.

ESET researchers have discovered dozens of copycat Telegram and WhatsApp websites targeting mainly Android and Windows users with trojanized versions of these instant messaging apps. Most of the ...

Breaking milestones is part of Telegram's business vocabulary as the app surpassed $1 billion revenue in December. Three months later, the messaging platform managed to reach one billion active users, ...

Kaspersky researchers have discovered that attackers are distributing spyware that stealthily gathers private data from users of WhatsApp on Android devices, through the same mods earlier discovered ...

In a major shake-up for India’s digital communication ecosystem, the Union government has introduced strict rules mandating SIM card verification for messaging apps and automatic six-hour logouts for ...

In a sweeping move that could reshape how millions of Indians use popular messaging platforms, the Union government has directed apps such as WhatsApp ...

More alarming headlines for WhatsApp this week, as its latest security threat prompted a warning for its 2 billion users to “stay away from WhatsApp,” claiming that the world’s most popular messenger ...

Russian users on Aug. 21 reported widespread outages of Telegram and WhatsApp messengers, the VKontakte social network, and many other websites and apps. The most recent outages also affected ...