The packages contained an __init__.py file that harboured malicious code, designed to search for files with the .py, .php,.zip, .png, .jpg and .jpeg extensions in the root and DCIM folders, and ...

“Malware that uses Telegram as a command and control channel typically uses the Telegram Bot API for communications,” say the researchers.

Telegram Messenger is quite popular, more than you might think. It’s not yet on the same level as WhatsApp due to only amassing 550 million monthly users, and 55 million daily users on a ...

Initially, he worked out how to turn on and off LEDs from his cell phone: he sent commands from the phone through the Telegram bot API, to a computer that’s connected over serial to an MSP430 ...

Malwarebytes Ransomware which abuses the Telegram app API has been stopped in its tracks only weeks after discovery. The malware, TeleCrypt, is typical ransomware in the way that the malicious ...

Messaging platform Telegram is powering up on the chatbot front, with the launch of what it dubs a "bot-powered gaming platform" -- in a bid to try to drive more engagement via addictive new features.

Stealthy C2 messages operated by the Golang backdoor could easily be mistaken for legitimate Telegram API communication.

Threat actors modified the legitimate plugin behavior of sending messages to Telegram using the Telegram Bot API by replacing the Telegram API endpoint (https:/api.telegra.org) with their own (C2 ...