WhatsApp now lets you choose which contacts can add you to groups

Nov06
by on November 6, 2019 at 8:37 am
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Hallelujah! WhatsApp is rolling out a new setting that lets you specify which people in your contact list can add you to groups on the messaging platform. This is a refined version of a feature that rolled out earlier this year. In the previous iteration, you could choose to allow anyone to add you to groups, or all your contacts, or no one at all. The new version lets you pick certain people who can add you to groups, that avoids people whom you don’t know well adding you to random groups. Here’s how it works: Open WhatsApp on your phone, and…

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Spanish IT firm infected with ransomware in continued attacks on supply chains

Nov05
by on November 5, 2019 at 7:13 am
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Two major Spanish companies, including radio company Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión (Cadena SER) and NTT-owned IT services firm Everis, have become the latest victims of a targeted ransomware attack. The attack is said to have begun in the early hours of Monday, according to Spanish daily ABC. Indications are that the ransomware strain that hit Everis is a version of BitPaymer, which has been used increasingly used by attackers to lock down compromised systems on a breached network. It’s worth pointing out that this is the second time Spanish businesses have been hit by ransomware infections, the first being the…

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