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WhatsApp Unveils New Scam Alert Feature to Protect Users from Social Engineering Attacks

📅 12 August 2026 at 14:59 UTC📰 Cyber Security NewsView original source ↗
WhatsApp Unveils New Scam Alert Feature to Protect Users from Social Engineering Attacks

WhatsApp has announced a new optional feature called Scam Alert, designed to warn users about potential scam messages using an on-device machine learning model, without compromising the platform’s end-to-end encryption. As scam tactics evolve from simple impersonation to sophisticated AI-generated lures, the Meta-owned messaging platform says its protections must evolve just as fast, and Scam […] The post WhatsApp Unveils New Scam Alert Feature to Protect Users from Social Engineering Attacks appeared first on Cyber Security News.

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