▶️ Our two cents:

Well, this is not a real vulnerability on Telegram Desktop, no one can remotely take control of your computer or Telegram unless you open a malicius file.

This kind of vulnerability is based on social engineering.

In fact, it was a .js file hidden on a a .png file, this happened thanks to RTL characters.

Windows users must click on the Run dialog in order to install the malware.

So don't worry, unless you opened a malicius file, you have always been safe.

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Telegram X was removed from the play store.

Probably it's some error from google and will be back soon.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thunderdog.challegram

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Telegram X is back to Google Play ✌️

Bot API 3.6

— Supported text formatting in media captions. Specify the desired parse_mode (Markdown or HTML) when you provide a caption.

— In supergroups, if the bot receives a message that is a reply, it will also receive the message to which that message is replying – even if the original message is inaccessible due to the bot's privacy settings. (In other words, replying to any message in a supergroup with a message that mentions the bot or features a command for it acts as forwarding the original message to the bot).

— Added the new field connected_website to Message. The bot will receive a message with this field in a private chat when a user logs in on the bot's connected website using the Login Widget and allows sending messages from your bot.

— Added the new parameter supports_streaming to the sendVideo method and a field with the same name to the inputMediaVideo object.

https://telegram.dog/s/fxnotez/bots/api#february-13-2018

#bots #api #update

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✳️ TELEGRAM | OFFICIAL STICKERS ✳️

Telegram released 16 new official stickers pack:

t.me/addstickers/LovelyBanana
t.me/addstickers/MissAlena

t.me/addstickers/StoryOfLove
t.me/addstickers/GeekGoose

t.me/addstickers/SmeaGollum
t.me/addstickers/BullAndBear

t.me/addstickers/Girl_in_Love
t.me/addstickers/EdwardSheeran

t.me/addstickers/IHateValentinesDay
t.me/addstickers/CatDali

t.me/addstickers/Catwoman
t.me/addstickers/Apollo

t.me/addstickers/FedericoFellini
t.me/addstickers/BrotherhoodBald

t.me/addstickers/PartyDog
t.me/addstickers/SushiMaster

#telegram #stickers #yakovenko

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Telegram was down for some users in Europe and MENA.

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And Telegram is back for almost everyone.

Exclusive: Telegram is holding a secretive second pre-ICO sale

The company is raising even more cash for its controversial blockchain-powered network

You have to admire Pavel Durov’s audacity.

Over the past few months, the CEO of Telegram convinced 81 accredited investors, including Silicon Valley giants Sequoia Capital and Benchmark, to give him $850 million in a presale of his company’s cryptocurrency in advance of an initial coin offering, or ICO. Now he’s trying to raise even more money from accredited investors before the coin gets offered to the public in a secretive second presale.

This week, investors got an email explaining that Telegram is doing another private presale, four sources with knowledge of the deal told The Verge.

The exact amount to be raised is still being determined, according to one source, but two other sources said Telegram is estimating it will be around the same size as the first round, which would bring the total raised to over $1.6 billion before the ICO even opens up to the general public.

🌐 Source: The Verge

#ton #blockchain #ico #gram

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A report claims that Iran is spying on smartphones

The report, entitled “Iran: Cyber Repression; How the IRGC Uses Cyberwarfare to Preserve the Theocracy”, released that the Regime has created close to 100 spyware apps, including Mobogram, Telegram Farsi, Hotgram, Wispi, and Telegram Talayi, that resemble popular apps and spy on the unwitting Iranians who download them by mistake.

🌐 Source: https://ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-world/24379-google-bans-iran-regime-s-spyware-app

#iran #mobogram

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At this time the report has not been disclosed so we couldn't verify this information 🤷‍♂️

In July 2017, Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, suggested on Twitter that "Mobogram is an outdated and potentially insecure fork of Telegram from Iran."

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Today we want to talk about BotGaming, a gaming project started in 2015 with a poker bot. An awesome Bot that lets Telegram users play Texas Holdem poker with their friends and random people at private and public tables that seat 5-9 people.

▶️ ICO BORN IN TELEGRAM

And now they are announcing an ICO, probably the first ICO born inside Telegram:

BotGaming, the leading developer of games for Telegram, announced their upcoming Initial Coin Offering (ICO).

▶️ STATS

Today the total number of bots installed on all platforms exceeds 400,000, with more than 35,000 monthly active users. Their products have been mentioned by Forbes, TechCrunch, and CNet. @PokerBot is recognized as the #1 game in popular messenger Telegram.

The company will use the capital raise from the ICO to develop a blockchain powered gambling platform to enable players of their existing games to play with real currency, further monetizing an already successful in-app purchase model. They are currently raising capital from private investors and looking forward to opening up their fundraising to the public.

▶️ COMMUNITY

If you want to stay updated with news, airdrops and announcements you can join their Telegram chat @botgamingchat

🌐 Source: https://botgaming.me

#telegram #projects #bots #poker

Telegram was down this morning

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Aaaaand it's back!

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We feel your pain #LOL

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Remember: Never trust this kind of messages. They are 100% scam.

Official telegram accounts got a verified badge.

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If you need to know if your account is limited, go to @spamBot and follow the steps.

Pavel Durov is talking about this:

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fzona.media%2Fonline%2F2018%2F03%2F20%2Ftlgrmvs

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