Google Retreats on Some Allo Privacy Promises

Google released its Allo messenger application today, and right along with it a measure of controversy that has critics urging potential users to stay away. The angst stems from what seems to be a reversal on Google’s part to start logging chats in the app’s non-incognito mode by default, somethi...

Wickr Me - Secure Messenger - Exported components, External URLs, Native code usage vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Wickr Me - Secure Messenger published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Facebook Messenger End-to-End Encryption Not On By Default

Facebook today began a test program rolling out opt-in end-to-end encryption for its Messenger service called Secret Conversations. The end-to-end encryption is based on the Signal protocol developed by Open Whisper Systems, the same protocol that stands up the crypto in the Signal and WhatsApp...

Facebook Messenger adds End-to-End Encryption (Optional) for Secret Conversations

Facebook has begun rolling out end-to-end encryption for its Messenger app, thus making its users' conversations completely private. The end-to-end encryption feature, dubbed "Secret Conversations," will allow Messenger users to send and receive messages in a way that no one, including the FBI wi...

Facebook Messenger Vulnerability Patched

Update Facebook has patched a vulnerability in the desktop and Android mobile versions of its Messenger app that allows an attacker to access and modify chats. Researchers at Check Point Software Technologies privately disclosed the issue May 2 to Facebook, which patched it two weeks later. The...

Facebook Messenger App — Choose either End-to-End Encryption or Artificial Intelligence

Facebook is set to introduce end-to-end encryption for its Messenger app, allowing more than its 900 Million users to send and receive messages that can not be read or intercepted by law enforcement or even the social network itself. However, it’s not the kind of end-to-end encrypted chat feature...

Facebook Messenger (iOS) Certificate Validation Vulnerability

Facebook is a social networking site. Facebook has a certificate validation vulnerability that allows an attacker to exploit the vulnerability to cause a MITM attack...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in Enterprise Messenger Operational SMS Platforms

Enterprise Messenger Operational SMS platform is a set of SMS operation system. The product suffers from an SQL injection vulnerability, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive database information...

Plus Messenger - Dangerous filesystem permissions, MIT license vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Plus Messenger published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Canadian Police obtained Master Key to Crack BlackBerry Messenger Encryption

BlackBerry has long been known for its stance on mobile security, as it was the first mobile phone maker to provide end-to-end encryption. But a new report revealed that the company has provided a master backdoor to law enforcement in its secure devices since 2010. The Royal Canadian Mounted Poli...

Data Leaking 'Surreptitious Sharing' Vulnerability Identified in Android API

Researchers have identified a vulnerability in an Android API used by messaging apps such as Skype and perhaps more concerning, privacy-centric apps such as Signal, and Telegram, that could lead to privilege escalation and data loss including private keys. Dominik Schürmann and Lars Wolf,...

PlayKids Talk Messenger 4 Kids - AWS Credentials, Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application PlayKids Talk Messenger 4 Kids published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Messenger and Chat Lock - Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Messenger and Chat Lock published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Lock for Whats Messenger - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Lock for Whats Messenger published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Pinnatta for Messenger - Customized SSL, Exported ContentProvider, Redefined SSL Common Names verifier vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Pinnatta for Messenger published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

surespot encrypted messenger - Customized SSL, Insecure SSL socket, Redefined SSL Common Names verifier vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application surespot encrypted messenger published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

KeeChat Messenger - Free chats - Customized SSL, WebView SSL handling enabled, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application KeeChat Messenger - Free chats published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

CheckME Messenger - Customized SSL, WebView SSL handling enabled, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application CheckME Messenger published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

MLG Sounds for Messenger - Dynamic Code Loading, External URLs, SD-card access vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application MLG Sounds for Messenger published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Nimbuzz Messenger / Free Calls - Customized SSL, Exported ContentProvider, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Nimbuzz Messenger / Free Calls published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...