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Researchers unmask trade in nude images on Telegram | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/researchers-unmask-trade-in-nude-images-on-telegram/

AI Forensics: in 16 Italian and Spanish Telegram groups, 24K men are sharing nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/men-are-buying-hacking-tools-to-use-…

Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends
In Telegram groups, men are sharing thousands of nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing and sexual abuse.

Russische Behörden verbieten Reklame auf Telegram
Moskau verschärft die Kontrolle über die Internetnutzung. Ein neues Verbot soll Russen von der Nutzung eines beliebten Messengers abschrecken.
https://www.

Gli uomini acquistano strumenti di hacking da usare contro mogli e amici
Nei gruppi Telegram, gli uomini condividono migliaia di immagini non consensuali di donne e ragazze, acquistano spyware e praticano doxing e abusi sessuali.
https://www.wired.com/story/men-are-bu…

He publicado una cosa ršpida en mi blog sobre el uso de RSS y Atom como alternativa a los canales de Telegram https://jdrm.info/una-alternativa-abierta-y-segura-a-los-canales-de-telegram.html
También en gemini

Google Meet kommt erstmals zu Apples CarPlay
Teams, Telegram oder WhatsApp gibt es seit längerem für die iPhone-Fahrzeugintegration. Nun legt auch Google mit seiner Konferenz-App nach.
https://www.

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Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 1/31/26
Indian women are crushed by hours of abusive content, German-language Telegram channels spread Russian disinformation, China has a covert spy-cam porn industry, Fears over TikTok's policy changes are really fears of the tech industry, Canada is moving away from US intelligence in space

Russian authorities detained a former Radio Free Europe freelancer on treason charges; security services also have searched Novaya Gazeta's newsroom in Moscow (Daryna Antoniuk/The Record)
https://therecord.media/russia-accuses-radio-free-eur…

Briefs
In a statement to state-owned media, the FSB said the suspect joined a Telegram channel controlled by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and passed information about a local print publication covering Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Another app to delete
"Spain hits back at Pavel Durov over mass Telegram post on social media ban plan" | Spain | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/spain-hits-back-at-pavel-…

»Wie Telegram-Propaganda die Menschen lenken soll
Novaya Gazeta Europe hat Millionen Beiträge russischer Pro-Kreml-Kanäle ausgewertet. Sie zeigt, wie Stimmung unter anderem gegen Migranten gemacht wird«
Wer nutzt noch Telegram? Leider noch zu viele! Abgesehen von deren Datenschutz Vernachlässigung ist es ein Verunsicherungs-Maschine um die Bevölkerung sich gegenseitig aufzuhetzen.
🤨

Unser Fenster nach Russland: Wie Telegram-Propaganda die Menschen lenken soll
Novaya Gazeta Europe hat Millionen Beiträge russischer Pro-Kreml-Kanäle ausgewertet. Sie zeigt, wie Stimmung unter anderem gegen Migranten gemacht wird.

Spain hits back at Pavel Durov over mass Telegram post on social media ban plan
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/spain-hits-back-at-pavel-durov-over-mass-telegram-post-on-social-media-ban-plan

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Check out today's intensely packed Metacurity that covers a host of critical infosec developments, including
--Iran-linked hackers target critical infrastructure controls, risking disruption and sabotage,
--Anthropic's Glasswing could upend bug discovery and fixes,
--GRU-linked hackers infiltrate routers to steal email a…

Iran-linked hackers target critical infrastructure controls, risking disruption and sabotage
Anthropic's Glasswing could upend bug discovery and fixes, GRU-linked hackers infiltrate routers to steal email account passwords, Pro-Iranian group claims Chime and Pinterest cyberattacks, ICE confirms use of Paragon spyware, Hacking and spying services sold on Telegram to harass women, much more

Betrug über Telegram steigt um 233 Prozent – Fake-Jobs sind das größte Problem
Trotz vieler Betrugsversuche auf Meta-Plattformen ist die am schnellsten wachsende Quelle für Scams Telegram. Besonders der Betrug mit Fake-Jobs boomt.

Iran’s central military command has warned of
far more “devastating and widespread” retaliation
if its adversaries hit Iranian civilian targets.
“If attacks on civilian targets are repeated, the next stages of our offensive and retaliatory operations will be much more devastating and widespread,”
a spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said in a statement posted by state broadcaster Irib on Telegram.
The warning, cited by AFP, came after Don…

Terrorists RECRUITED via TELEGRAM, attack organized by RUSSIA, – Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/22/terrorists-recruited-via-telegram-attack.html…

MRD applies.
"They would say that, wouldn't they?"
Spain v social media giants: What’s the big dispute about? | Child Rights News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/6/spain-v-social-med…

Spain v social media giants: What’s the big dispute about?
Executives from X and Telegram have lashed out at Spanish prime minister over social media ban for minors.

Terror-Unterstützung: Russland ermittelt gegen Telegram-Gründer
Moskau schränkt das Internet und den Messenger Telegram zunehmend ein. Nun ermitteln Behörden laut einer Regierungszeitung auch zu Mitgründer Pawel Durow.

Russian media says attempts to limit VPN use may have triggered a widespread banking outage, as Moscow intensifies a crackdown on internet use and Telegram (Anthony Halpin/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Interesting #TTP
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hidden-telegram-proxy-links-can-reveal-your-ip-address-in-one-clic…

Hidden Telegram proxy links can reveal your IP address in one click
A single click on what may appear to be a Telegram username or harmless link is all it takes to expose your real IP address to attackers due to how proxy links are handled. Telegram says it will add warnings to proxy links after researchers demonstrated that such one-click interactions could reveal a Telegram user's real IP address.

So apparently #telegram 's security is so unique, it was enough for the Russian state to block a step in its handshake protocol to block it entirely.
https://mastodon.social/@OfShad0ws/1163335616…

Ukraine pushes tighter Telegram regulation, citing Russian recruitment of locals https://therecord.media/ukraine-telegram-regulation-russia-sabotage-recruitment

Der Kreml erhöht den Druck: FSB erklärt Telegram zum Risiko für die Truppen
Dass der Kreml Telegram am liebsten sperren würde, ist kein Geheimnis, die Kritik an dem Plan ist laut. Jetzt schaltet sich der Inlandsgeheimdienst FSB ein.

Oh, gross, an AI button in Telegram. Why would I want my messages to sound generic, like anyone could have written them? Can I please have an option to turn it off?

Que dice el capo de Telegram que qué malo es Perro que quiere desvelar nuestro anonimato y nuestra privacidad. Sí, el de Telegram.
A cagar a la vía.

No more Telegram for me.
At least that one was easier than WhatsApp, which I still can't get rid of.

Dear website owner, the URL protocol "tel:" does not stand for Telegram. 🤦
#NonMention

Hab endlich mal Telegram vom Smartphone geschmissen.

What happened to telegram on f-droid? Damn...

Russia Moves Closer to Banning Telegram App, Saying It Foments Terrorism - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/world/europe/russia-telegram-pavel-durov-terrorism.html

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
RUSSIANS PANIC: KREMLIN BANS TELEGRAM, INTERNET, VPNs Vlog 1366: War in #Ukraine
People across #Russia began reporting full

Anthropic launches Claude Code channels, which let users interact with a Claude Code session through Telegram and Discord (Marcus Schuler/Implicator.ai)
https://www.implicator.ai/anthropic-ships-its-openclaw-rival-connecting-claude…

Anthropic Ships Claude Code Channels for Telegram and Discor
Anthropic's Claude Code Channels lets developers message a running coding session from Telegram or Discord. MacStories built iOS apps from an iPhone on night one. But permissions still require walking to Terminal, and only three plugins exist so far.

Russland erhöht Druck auf Telegram: Weitere Einschränkungen und Strafen drohen
In Russland wird Telegram zunehmend eingeschränkt. Dem Messenger drohen auch Strafzahlungen. Doch der Telegram-Chef will sich dem erhöhten Druck nicht fügen.

Great work here 👀
The Kremlin Connection: Mapping #Telegram Networks in #Russia, #Ukraine, and #Belarus

PriceGhost is a service that you can run on your server to check the prices of products on Amazon, Aliexpress, etc. at the frequency you select. In addition, if you create a Telegram bot, you can configure it to send you notifications in case of price changes. This way, you don't have to constantly check the price either in the online store or on the PriceGhost web interface.
At the moment, it is running in a Docker container on my home server and works like a charm.

Репозиторий opera-proxy на GitHub, а также пакеты на Snapcraft и Docket Hub и Telegram-канал, были удалёны без объяснения причин. Кто-нибудь знает, что случилось? Opera пригрозили судом за неправомерное использование их прокси?
@…

GitHub - Snawoot/opera-proxy: Standalone client for proxies of Opera VPN
Standalone client for proxies of Opera VPN. Contribute to Snawoot/opera-proxy development by creating an account on GitHub.

Russia Further Restricts Telegram, Escalating Internet Clampdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/world/europe/telegram-throttled-internet-russia.html

Russia Further Restricts Telegram, Escalating Internet Clampdown
The throttling of the communication app, used by more than 100 million Russians, endangers what remains of the country’s free internet.

Oh no, looks like someone is going to be very careless by a window soon. @… https://mastodon.gougere.fr/@cyclotopie/116251115963348037

Falscher Empfänger: Millionen-Bußgeld gegen Telegram scheitert vor Amtsgericht
Über 5 Millionen Euro sollten Telegrams Betreiber zahlen. Müssen sie nicht, sagt das Amtsgericht Bonn. Das Justizministerium hat die falsche Firma bestraft.

Weekend Reads
* DNS parser overflow in Zephyr
https://www.0xkato.xyz/CVE-2026-1678-DNS-Parser-Overflow-in-Zephyr/
* Telegram bots measurement survey

Ich finde ja, Online-Petitionen sind ein bislang nur suboptimal genutztes Mittel der #Demokratie. Da geht deutlich mehr!
Das Fediverse (mit seinen überproportional politisch interessierten User:innen) könnte da helfen. Leider ist die Fediverse-Unterstüzung gängiger Petitionsplattformen aber nicht zufriedenstellend (siehe Bilder).
Das ist aber ein lösbares Problem. Z.B. könnte man…

Revolut says 58% of reported job scams globally came from Telegram in 2025, dwarfing other platforms for these cases, based on an analysis of 10B transactions (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Russia reportedly restricts Telegram in latest push to tighten internet control: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/10/russia-reportedly-restricts-telegram-in.html

Al cliente de telegram para SailfishOS no ha llegado el mensaje del Tontov

Het ronselen van aanslagplegers via oa Telegram, lijkt me in het verlengde van dergelijke aanslagen in het criminele circuit, relatief erg eenvoudig, zeker voor statelijke actoren die het zo kunnen organiseren dat hun hand daarin niet zichtbaar is.
https://www.

Van Weel: 'Alles wijst erop dat verdachten aanslag synagoge Rotterdam zijn geronseld'
Alles wijst erop dat de vier verdachten van de aanslag op de synagoge in Rotterdam zijn geronseld, zegt justitieminister David van Weel dinsdag in de Tweede Kamer. De vraag wie er echt achter die aanslag zit, is volgens de minister 'pertinent'.

Moscow moves to throttle Telegram as Kremlin pushes its own messaging app https://therecord.media/russia-throttles-telegram-pushes-its-own-messaging-app

Poll:
What do you prefer for tech related support?
- Group chat, like matrix, xmpp, telegram or similar.
- Forum, like classics internet boards, discourse, reddit, lemmy of similar.
#Poll #Encuesta #FediPoll

OpenClaw you're useless

A profile of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who is facing a probe in France on a dozen preliminary charges and a Russian criminal case for "aiding terrorism" (Financial Times)
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/a77a5a10-cf52-…

Donnerstag: Chinas Ausnahmen für Nvidia-KI, Gewinnanstieg bei Meta und Microsoft
China-Import von KI-Chips Metas Reklame-Wachstum Microsofts Cloud-Wachstum Bußgeld-Fehler gegen Telegram Pornhub gegen UK-Alterskontrolle #heiseshow

Russian media: Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor plans to limit access to Telegram from Tuesday, as the government promotes its Max "super app" (Deana Kjuka/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Как помочь технически непрошаренным людям с обходом блокировки #Telegram? Пока я вижу среди них два варианта: или идут в ВК, или скачивают мутный мод Telega (это тот самый, в котором звонки через сервера ВК) @…

Mittwoch: Telegram in Russland unter Druck, Microsoft-Warnung vor Schatten-KI
Russland gegen russischen Messenger Schatten-KI in vielen Unternehmen Paramount-Vorstoß für Warner-Übernahme Meta-Millionen für Telekom Bit-Rauschen

"Telegram says it has not found any breaches of its encryption, dismissing a Russian government allegation that foreign intelligence services can see messages sent by Russian soldiers via the messaging app"
https://www.reuters.com/b…

Iran’s paramilitary
Revolutionary Guard,
a force which was key in putting down recent nationwide protests in a crackdown that left thousands dead, is
“more ready than ever,
finger on the trigger,”
its commander said Saturday,
-- as U.S. warships headed toward the Middle East.
Nournews, a news outlet close to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, reported on its Telegram channel that
the commander, Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, warned the United St…

Iran's Revolutionary Guard commander warns the US, says his force has its 'finger on the trigger'
The commander of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, a force which was key in putting down recent nationwide protests in a crackdown that left thousands dead, says the force is “more ready than ever, finger on the trigger.”

Russia opens ‘aiding terrorism’ case against Telegram founder Pavel Durov: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/25/russia-opens-aiding-terrorism-case.html

« Les messageries privées demeurent un angle mort des efforts de la lutte contre la désinformation »
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2026/03/21/les-messageries-privees-demeu…

« Les messageries privées demeurent un angle mort des efforts de la lutte contre la désinformation »
Dans une tribune au « Monde », les chercheuses Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat et Katharina Zuegel observent que la réglementation distinguant communications « publiques » et « privées » ne reflète plus la manière dont WhatsApp et Telegram fonctionnent en pratique.

Russian forces in Ukraine face communications issues as SpaceX restricts Starlink access and Telegram faces a crackdown, per pro-Russian military channels (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/russia-…

Manus launches Manus Agents, allowing users to access Manus directly inside messaging apps, starting with Telegram and coming soon to other platforms (Manus)
https://manus.im/blog/manus-agents-telegram

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Check out today's issue, which covers
--CISA warns US infrastructure owners following Russian attack on Poland's power grid,
--Russia throttles Telegram accusing it of failing to protect personal data or combat crime,
--N. Korean hackers targeted crypto company with unique malware and multiple scams,…

CISA warns US infrastructure owners following Russian attack on Poland's power grid
Russia throttles Telegram accusing it of failing to protect personal data or combat crime, N. Korean hackers targeted crypto company with unique malware and multiple scams, Israel claims it foiled hundreds of Iranian cyberattacks, Microsoft issued fixes for six zero day flaws, much more

A $20 Billion Crypto Scam Market Faces a New Government Crackdown
https://www.wired.com/story/20-billion-xinbi-guarantee-uk-sanctions/

A $20 Billion Crypto Scam Market Faces a New Government Crackdown
The Telegram-based Xinbi Guarantee black market sells services that help prop up scam operations. British officials just hit the highly lucrative marketplace with sweeping sanctions.

Russian media: Russia opens an investigation into Telegram founder Pavel Durov for "abetting terrorist activities", as it promotes its state-run rival Max app (Max Seddon/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/10181abc-ddd2-416f-8b8c-fd30a8447b82

Investigation links Putin family to stake in Max messenger as Russia curbs WhatsApp and Telegram: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/19/investigation-links-putin-family-to.html

How the explicit deepfake ecosystem evolved from images to high-quality video; an analysis shows 1.4M Telegram accounts signed up to 39 deepfake creation bots (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-nudify-technology-is-getting-…

Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous
Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.

Russian media: Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor plans to limit access to Telegram from Tuesday, as the government promotes its Max "super app" (Deana Kjuka/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Russian authorities increase restrictions on Telegram: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/russian-authorities-increase-restrictions-on.html

What is “social media”?
What do you actually want to ban?
Does Github count?
Does an anorexia-support forum count?
Does a queer-support forum count?
Does the schools own homework-submission system count?
Does Whatsapp, which the kids use to talk to family and to bully each other?
How about Telegram that the kids use to talk to their drug dealers?
How is it different?
Are we really saying nobody under 18 can watch youtube, and expecting that to make life better for those kids rather than worse?
How are you going to define ‘social media’ such that you’ll ban the harm you think you see without also banning any chance of support for a person looking to learn to program, or cope with their abusive parents, or seek advice about being anorexic or queer?
Is it really a good idea to attach a label to every child account for all the websites they visit? You want the kids to all have a big “Child” tag on them as they wonder the net? Might that not increase rather than decrease their vulnerability?

A deep dive into a global money-laundering ecosystem powered by crypto and messaging apps like WeChat and Telegram, used by drug cartels and criminal groups (Jessica Brice/Bloomberg)

Criminal enterprises in Southeast Asian scam hubs are recruiting "AI face models" to facilitate crypto and romance scams; some demand 100 video calls per day (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/models-are-applying-to-be-the-face-of-ai-scams…

Models Are Applying to Be the Face of AI Scams
Dozens of Telegram channels reviewed by WIRED include job listings for “AI face models.” The (mostly) women who land these gigs are likely being used to dupe victims out of their money.