Agencies - April 7, 2021
Facebook said on Tuesday that hackers “scraped” personal data of some half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists.
Press Trust of India - April 5, 2021
Personal details such as phone numbers of around 6.1 million (61 lakh) Indians on Facebook have allegedly been leaked online and posted on hacking forums, according to a cybersecurity executive.
Press Trust of India - February 20, 2021
WhatsApp said it has conveyed to the Indian government that it remains committed to protection of privacy of personal conversations across the country.
Agencies - February 20, 2021
Smartphone users are unaware of privacy implications of some permissions they grant to apps and services and researchers have been able to identify which kind of personal information the apps extract with location tracking
KO Web Desk - February 18, 2021
Mobile phones have dramatically improved in quality over the past 20 years, especially so in the last 10 years. This means that not only are brand new phones out there for us to use, but the second hand market is full of high-quality phones too.
Agencies - February 13, 2021
It is found that more than 3.2 billion email and password pairs are posted online. According to a news report, it is being called the biggest breach of all time and the mother of all breaches:
Press Trust of India - February 3, 2021
Govt has directed Twitter to comply with its order to remove contents/accounts related to farmer genocide hashtags, and warned that the microblogging platform may face penal action for non-compliance of its order.
Observer News Service - January 20, 2021
The Cyber wing of JK police in response to growing concerns related to morphed obscene videos has issued an advisory and directed people not to engage in video calls with unknown users.
Press Trust of India - January 19, 2021
The Indian government has asked WhatsApp to withdraw the recent changes in the privacy policy of the messaging app, saying unilateral changes are unfair and unacceptable.
Press Trust of India - January 16, 2021
WhatsApp has decided to delay the rollout of its new policy update to May 15 after massive criticism from users globally, including India, over concerns that data was being shared with its parent company Facebook.