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Fraudsters are targeting legitimate social media platforms to create a new type of fraud market – one that has a global reach.

The Queensland Government has forbidden its ministers from using their own private email and messaging accounts for ministerial business.

Apple's iMessage made the same tradeoff between ease of use and security, but nobody has accused Apple of backdooring, says ESET.

WhatsApp keeps on increasing, with deceptive campaigns coming up with with novel ways of luring in victims. Today we will show you a new example.

Beware the latest WhatsApp scam: promises of free internet sans Wi-Fi entice users, but the magic on offer is just cyber trickery.

More than two years after its acquisition by Facebook, WhatsApp has seemingly succumbed to the inevitable pressure from its parent company.

WhatsApp's new iOS update boosts user controls with unread markers, chat customisation, video backup, and more.

Android's WhatsApp now lets users mark chats as 'unread' and customise notifications, even on low data settings.

Mobile and online messaging traffic will reach 160 trillion per annum by 2019. This is up from 94.2 trillion this year and equals 438bn daily.

WhatsApp, complete with its new VoIP capabilities, is expected to be available to Windows Phone users soon, according to latest reports.

UK tech firm SkipRoaming has launched an app that aims to reduce the cost of mobile international and roaming calls.

WhatsApp is quick to say its calling feature is free, even between countries, but only when a user has an unlimited Wi-Fi hotspot...

iOS users can today jump on the WhatsApp bandwagon with the popular app finally announcing the voice calling capability is now available on iOS.

The sheer size of WhatsApp's network could disrupt the market and some operators are already adopting a defensive stance.

With many WhatsApp users looking to get the new VoIP feature, it is likely many will fall for the scam as WhatsApp slowly releases the functionality.

Hugely popular messaging platform WhatsApp has announced it has launched a desktop messaging option that allows its users to send messages via a web browser.

WhatsApp now has 700 million monthly active users and those users are sending 30 billion messages per day, according to Jan Koum, WhatsApp CEO.

Despite claims of its demise, Facebook still reigns supreme among young users, debunking the myth of a mass exodus.

WhatsApp CEO dispels myths about Facebook merger, emphasising privacy and user data protection remain paramount.

Industry shifts loom as analysts predict a surge in social messaging consolidation in 2014, fuelled by key acquisitions.