Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...
Wired

Millions of People Are Using Abusive AI ‘Nudify’ Bots on Telegram

In early 2020, deepfake expert Henry Ajder uncovered one of the first Telegram bots built to “undress” photos of women using artificial intelligence. At the time, Ajder recalls, the bot had been used ...
India Today on MSN

Telegram bot, fake IDs, foreign numbers: Delhi Police bust UPSC piracy racket

Delhi Police has arrested three men for allegedly stealing and selling UPSC coaching videos on Telegram. The case has exposed ...
Reuters

Hacker uses Telegram chatbots to leak data of top Indian insurer Star Health

WASHINGTON/BENGALURU, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Stolen customer data including medical reports from India's biggest health insurer, Star Health, is publicly accessible via chatbots on Telegram, just weeks ...
CSOonline

Russian malware discovered with Telegram hacks for C2 operations

Hackers have been found deploying an unfinished Russian malware, written in Golang, that leverages Telegram as its command-and-control (C2) channel. Netskope Threat Labs, the research wing of the ...
Wired

Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends

Thousands of men are members of Telegram groups and channels that advertise and sell hacking and surveillance services that can be used to harass friends, wives and girlfriends, and former partners, ...