Chatbots are often touted as a revolution in the way users interact with technology and businesses. They have a fairly simple interface compared with traditional apps, as they only require users to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Telegram, the encrypted messaging service, is being used as a command ...

[Erhan] has been playing around with the Telegram instant messaging service. Initially, he worked out how to turn on and off LEDs from his cell phone: he sent commands from the phone through the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hackers have been found deploying an unfinished Russian malware, written in Golang, that leverages Telegram as its command-and-control (C2) channel. Netskope Threat Labs, the research wing of the ...

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 ...