Telegram Messenger is quite popular, more than you might think. It’s not yet on the same level as WhatsApp. Now, one of the best features of Telegram is the ability to use Bots to improve the service.

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 ...

The secure messaging app Telegram is significant for two very different reasons. One is that the app is a go-to encrypted communication tool for hundreds of millions of users around the world, ...

Better privacy is undoubtedly the main reason why people shift from WhatsApp. It, however, does not mean that Telegram offers fewer features or needs you to compromise. In fact, Telegram offers ...

ChatGPT is now a tool that hackers and threat actors utilize to develop malware and other accessing programs used to steal from people, using OpenAI's API via a GPT-3 model. This underground version ...

Two-factor authentication (2FA) has been widely adopted by online services over the past several years and turning it on is probably the best thing users can do for their online account security.

Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have come across a new ransomware variant that they named Telecrypt, which uses Telegram channels as C&C (command-and-control) servers. Because it relies on ...

This story originally appeared on WIRED UK. Law enforcement bodies are looking into the activity of a deepfake bot, which is believed to have been used to produce explicit images of underage girls.

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 ...