Under the new rule, the DoT requires messaging apps, including WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal, to implement "SIM binding", i.e., linking of...

The US Secret Service has taken down a large network of SIM farms in New York. This happened as world leaders gathered at the United Nation...

In 2024, India faced a surge in cyberattacks, including BSNL's data breaches, Angel One's personal data leak, and WazirX's $235 million hac...

This is the second time in six month where BSNL has suffered a data breach. Athenian Tech chief executive Kanishk Gaur told ET, the breach ...

With rising frauds, a lack of robust infrastructure to detect or prevent such instances, and the absence of a redressal mechanism, concerns...

The Reserve Bank of India has released a booklet to educate banking customers about digital payments-related frauds. The booklet explains h...

The business account of a small-scale industry in Peenya, that manufactures heat exchangers, was robbed of Rs 31 lakh overnight, in what is...

A UIDAI source, however, sought to play down COAI's apprehensions saying that the authority's norms are aimed at ensuring security and inte...

The face recognition feature is aimed at tightening the security around issuance & activation of mobile SIMs.

Not having a secure password/fingerprint lock on your device is the biggest security risk for your data.

The registry of unique identification numbers is a central system where carriers can share information on stolen devices and prevent them f...

The broad aim of the plan is to protect consumer interest, curtail counterfiet mobile phone market, discourage mobile phone theft, detect c...

Government has prohibited imports of all kind of mobile handsets with fake or duplicate unique identity numbers, a move that will help secu...

This is important to restrain transmission of sensitive data outside territorial limits of India, said the NSC communication, which was rev...

Next time if you get a missed call starting with +92; #90 or #09, don't show the courtesy of calling back because chances are it would lead...

Currently, SIM cards, which are used in mobile phones, are imported under the open general licence (OGL) from China and other low-cost mark...

To outsmart tax evaders who resort to delete their financial data or hide it in password-protected devices during search operations, the I-...