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13 stories taggedtelegram.
U.S. Takes Down Xinbi Guarantee, a Telegram-Based Scam Bazaar
The Justice Department seized channels, froze $52.8 million in crypto, and sent a strike team to Madagascar to break up 13 scam compounds tied to Chinese organized crime.
Telegram Desktop bug let a hidden script steal chats from saved conversations
Researchers at ExPatch showed how a single bot message could hide JavaScript inside an HTML chat export, then quietly copy every message when the file was opened.
Iran's Spy Malware Runs on Telegram, Western Agencies Warn
US, UK and Dutch cyber agencies say Iranian intelligence uses a Windows tool controlled through Telegram to watch dissidents and activists abroad.
US, UK and Dutch Agencies Reveal Iranian Surveillance Tool That Hides Inside Telegram
A joint government report names 'Chosen Brick', a spying program linked to Iranian operators that uses Telegram to receive stolen data and issue commands.
BTMOB Android spyware splinters into a messy resale market
What started as a single Android remote-access tool for hire has fractured into resellers, source-code buyers and impersonators trading under the same name.
Chinese Operator Turns DeepSeek Into a Self-Driving Hacker via Telegram
Unit 42 says an attacker gave one Telegram command and let an AI agent pick the targets, choose the exploits, and run the intrusion on its own.
Southeast Asia's Fraud Factories Have Gone Global
A UN report puts the cost of the region's industrialised cyber-fraud industry at up to $114 billion in 2025. Corruption, cryptocurrency and AI have made it almost impossible to shut down.
Russia Charges Telegram's Pavel Durov With Aiding Terrorism
The FSB says Telegram refused to take down channels it flagged. Durov, living abroad, calls the case political theatre.
Flying Eagle Android Spyware Kit Leaks Onto Telegram, Traced to 170 Servers
Researchers link the free-to-copy surveillance toolkit to a fake Chinese police services app aimed at Android phone users.
China-Linked Hackers Hit Middle East Governments With New Malware That Hides in Telegram
Zscaler researchers say a group tied to East Asia is running fresh spy operations against government networks, using three never-before-seen tools.
RedWing: The Rent-a-Fraud Kit Turning Android Phones Into Bank Robberies
A new Android malware sold on Telegram lets almost anyone hijack a victim's phone, steal banking logins and grab the codes meant to keep accounts safe.
German Court Case Exposes Telegram Network That Drugged and Filmed Women in Secret
A phone call from police told a Chinese student in Germany that her ex-boyfriend had taken nude photos of her while she slept. She was one of many victims of an organised online group.
SSU, FBI Detail Russian Phishing Op Targeting Signal and Telegram Accounts
Ukrainian counterintelligence says GRU and FSB-linked operators ran fake tech-support flows against officials' messengers across Ukraine, Europe, and the U.S.