A young girl passes by a destroyed apartment building in Bakhmut in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas on May 22, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The city is now occupied by Russian forces, and a target of the Russian disinformation operations. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images) Network of hyperlocal Russian Telegram channels spew disinformation in occupied Ukraine Research published by a Ukrainian think tank shows a network of at least 88 local Telegram channels. May 23, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
A little girl and a baby wait next to the Red Cross station with mother (not pictured) as people fleeing Ukraine arrive on a train from Poland at Hauptbahnhof main railway station on March 4, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images) Cybercriminals are posing as Ukraine fundraisers to steal cryptocurrency The scams have picked up on Telegram. Mar 10, 2022 By Tonya Riley
Launch of Microsoft’s Windows 10 in Sydney on July 29, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Getty Images) Scammers are using fake Microsoft 11 installers to spread malware The malicious sdownloads range from relatively innocuous adware to password stealers and trojans. Jul 26, 2021 By Tim Starks
This picture taken on October 5, 2020 shows the logo of mobile messaging and call service telegram on a tablet screen in Toulouse, southwestern France. (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images) Cryptographers unearth vulnerabilities in Telegram’s encryption protocol The weaknesses range "from technically trivial and easy to exploit to more advanced and of theoretical interest." Jul 16, 2021 By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) Suspected Iranian hackers exploit VPN, Telegram to monitor dissidents The research shows the limits of the cyber industry’s knowledge of Tehran-linked hacking against those who often bear the brunt of it. Jun 16, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
A “threat actor” advertises a video sample on Hack Forums. (Recorded Future) Deepfakes advertised on underground markets, signaling possible shift, Recorded Future says It could spell trouble for anyone who relies on options like facial identification technology as part of multi-factor authentication. Apr 29, 2021 By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) Food-delivery fraudsters deploy hacked accounts, stolen credit card info to skim from orders The grifters advertise their food delivery payment services on Telegram. Feb 11, 2021 By Tim Starks
Lindsey Turner/Flickr Nissan investigated source code exposure, says it plugged leak A misconfigured server appears to be responsible. Jan 6, 2021 By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) ESET catches spyware posing as Telegram, Android messaging apps It's the latest example of mobile malware aiming to sneak onto user devices. Sep 30, 2020 By Joe Warminsky
(Getty Images) Islamic State propaganda efforts struggle after Telegram takedowns, report says Europol says the extremists have moved from Telegram to other platforms like TamTam, which some Islamic State supporters have warned is essentially like "Russian malware." Jul 28, 2020 By Jeff Stone