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 ...

The malicious program then calls the GetUpdatesChan () function within the tgbotapi library, a Golang wrapper for Telegram Bot API, that allows the program to create a Telegram channel and receive ...

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.

The developer behind @my_ali_bot, which lets you browse products on Chinese e-commerce site MyAliExpress on Telegram, says it took him a week to build the bot, which had about 38,000 users in January.