Windows 10: phone link ads a bot on group message

HowardHonig · Jan 18, 2025

Every time I send a message using Phone Link to a group, it ads a bot, or a bunch of text I don't recognize to the group details. What gives? It also creates a new group. What an inconvenience and why does it do this. Don't want to show the text as it may link to me.Personally, I don't trust this app at all. MS constantly has problems with their software that is totally unfriendly and this is one example. Unless I get a good, clean, and understandable answer, I think I'll use Google Messages in Chrome instead.

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No_Voltage · Jan 18, 2025

Phone Link Messages Are Received, But Do Not Show on Phone or Desktop - Only For iOS Group Messages

Current Configuration & Functionality:

Android Phone Connected to Phone Link Desktop App

Using Native Android Messaging App on phone.

All Messages 1 to 1 function as expected. (To & From, Android and iOS, Phone and Desktop App)

Group Messages to other Android phone users function as expected. (To & From, Phone and Desktop App)

Issue:

Messages sent via the Desktop app to a group consisting of only iOS devices and my Android device, are not recorded in the app or on the phone.

Other Details:

Messages are received by the other parties in the group.

When sending message using the Phone only, all messages show on both Phone and Desktop App.

Brink · Jan 18, 2025

Microsoft Bot Framework July 2016 Update

The industry is abuzz with news about bots and bot events. Of recent note, the Botness conference was a resounding success as was the Skype Hackathon held June 21-22 in the Valley. The energy and participation at these events has been inspiring and invigorating!

Today, we are releasing an important update to the Bot Framework developed largely in response to feedback received from the active Bot Framework community. The update is focused on quality, schema features, and performance. Enhancements include:

Well-defined support for cards and carousels for both channels that support them natively (Skype, Facebook) and text-rendered for those that don’t;

Automatic configuration of Skype – no copy-and-paste needed!

Simplified addressing of users and groups;

Additional dialog types and capabilities in the Bot Builder SDK;

Added Cognitive Services LUIS Intent Dialog type to the SDK;

Support for Skype calling features added to the SDK;

Enhancements to the Bot Framework Emulator;

Support for Slack’s recent addition of buttons; and

Support for many of Facebook’s newest Bot features.

These improvements come with some changes to the API/SDK that will impact your bot.

To take advantage of the new features, you’ll need to update your bot. For most bots, the changes will be straightforward. Existing bots will continue to run for some time, however, we encourage you to update your Bot to the new release.

For a step-by-step guide to upgrading your bot please visit the documentation at https://docs.botframework.com.

We’ve also updated our terms of use. By continuing to use the Microsoft Bot Framework you agree to the online services agreement and code of conduct. We’re excited to provide this update, and acknowledge the inconvenience of revising the protocol. Thank you for your continued engagement with Bot Framework and in helping us to make a better way for you to build, deploy and publish high-quality bots for your users wherever they converse.

For more Bot related news from Microsoft, check out the Skype blog.
Keep on botting!

The Microsoft Bot Framework Team
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Source: Microsoft Bot Framework July Update - Cards, and New Skype, Slack, and Facebook Bot Features | Blog | Bot Framework

See also: Skype Bot developer update: cards, groups and more - Skype Blogs

95Viper · Jan 18, 2025

Mazar BOT on ANDROID

Saw this on the news...

Seems to be a little malware going around lately, for the Android crowd.

Link to article: Security Alert: Mazar BOT Spotted in Active Attacks

Some quotes:

A new Android malware has been making waves recently that have the capability to gain root access on your smartphone and completely erase your phone's storage.

Dubbed Mazar BOT, the serious malware program is loaded with so many hidden capabilities that security researchers are calling it a dangerous malware that can turn your smartphone into a zombie inside hacker's botnet.

Mazar BOT was discovered by Heimdal Security while the researchers at the firm were analyzing an SMS message sent to random mobile numbers and locations.
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What Makes Mazar BOT So Nasty
Once gaining root access on the victim's device, Mazar BOT can do variety of nasty stuff on your Android devices, like:

Gain boot persistence to help survive device restarts

Send and Read your SMS messages

Make Calls to your contacts

Read the phone's state

Plague phone's control keys

Infect your Chrome browser

Change phone settings

Force the phone into sleep mode

Query the network status

Access the Internet

Wipe your device's storage (the most critical capabilities of all)

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And, more at these links:

The Hacker News Site: This Android Malware Can Root Your Device And Erase Everything

Heimdal Security: Security Alert: Mazar BOT Spotted in Active Attacks – the Android Malware That Can Erase Your Phone

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