The messaging wars are really a battle for attention. It’s all about which comms app giant can embed the stickiest and most addictive features into their platform to keep users inside their own ...

A few years ago a slightly forgotten (a least in Western eyes) mobile messaging app called Nimbuzz launched little ‘chat bots’ on its platform. The bots could tell you about the weather or your ...

Researchers at security vendor Checkmarx have uncovered an operation, apparently based in Iraq, that uses malware hosted on the Python repository PyPI to search for files on the victim's device and ...

When we’ve got our noses poked into smartphones for hours each day, it's hard to believe that apps are starting to hit the end of the road. Yet studies consistently show that smartphone users have ...

Ransomware which abuses the Telegram app API has been stopped in its tracks only weeks after discovery. The malware, TeleCrypt, is typical ransomware in the way that the malicious code operates. If ...

Threat actor exploits Fastlane plugin trust to redirect Telegram traffic via C2 server after Vietnam’s ban, targeting mobile app CI/CD pipelines. An ongoing supply chain attack is targeting the ...

At launch, there are about 30 HTML5 games, but Telegram promised 'hundreds' in the future. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts covering ...