WhatsApp users are being urged to stay alert for scam messages that appear to come from family members. Action Fraud has warned about a scam where criminals contact people pretending to be their ...

Russian lawmakers have reportedly called WhatsApp a threat to national security and warned that the messaging app should ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed his administration to implement new measures that effectively 'ban' social media applications and software originating from 'unfriendly countries'. The ...

The incident began when the family's WhatsApp account was mysteriously compromised immediately after contacting their key ...

A Russian MP called WhatsApp a national security threat and urged citizens to abandon the app, citing risks to state and ...

While WhatsApp is one of the more secure messaging apps out there, it does have some privacy and security risks. Users can mitigate some of these risks, but others are beyond their control.

The guidance stays straightforward: if you receive a message from an unknown number, don't engage. If the message claims to be from a relative, go directly to your own contacts to verify their ...