Late on Wednesday night KL time the Editor of Sarawak Report received a series of peculiar WhatsApp text messages on her personal phone. They purported to be from Bukit Aman Police Station requiring ...

If your phone would not stop buzzing during the severe storms in St. Clair County overnight, you were not alone. The barrage of calls, texts and automated warnings that hit residents was tied to a ...

Your private messages sent through the Signal messaging app might not be as hidden as you think -- even if you delete the app. Reporting by 404 Media this week found the FBI was able to extract ...

Why it matters: Encrypted chat services such as Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp advertise themselves as the most secure, private digital communication methods. However, no matter how strong an app's ...

Update, April 22: Apple has released iOS 26.4.2 with a bug fix that addresses an issue where “notifications marked for deletion could be unexpectedly retained on the device.” Apple did not directly ...

A new case from Texas shows that law enforcement may have more access to supposedly secure iPhone messages than previously thought. According to 404, the FBI was able to retrieve messages from the ...

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Nine students who applied to Brigham Young University were mistakenly sent congratulatory acceptance letters despite not being admitted — and the school is allowing them to enroll after the ...

As Israeli air strikes hit Tehran this morning, Iranians received mysterious push notifications saying that “help is on the way,” promising amnesty if they surrender. Residents across Tehran and other ...