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Meta to take legal action against Israeli spyware firm NSO, foils phishing attacksMeta has filed a federal court contempt order against NSO Group for violating a permanent injunction barring it from targeting WhatsApp. Th...
Operation Octopus: Trapping the tentacles of India’s cyber fraud networkAmidst the alarming increase in cyber scams, the Hyderabad Police have initiated Operation Octopus, a mission aimed at dismantling the enti...
Google blocked the first known AI-powered attack on 2FA accounts; here is how hackers tried to break in, know how to stay safeForeign hackers attempted a novel AI-powered cyberattack targeting two-factor authentication using a zero-day exploit. Google's Threat Inte...
What is Signal and is it secure?Russia-linked hackers are targeting Signal users. These attacks exploit user trust through phishing. They trick people into revealing accou...
WhatsApp launches parent-managed accounts for pre-teens amid safety concernsWhatsApp is introducing parent-managed accounts for children under 13. This move comes amid growing global worries about social media's imp...
Meta awarded $167 million in damages from Israeli cybersecurity firmIn March, Meta filed a brief seeking damages from NSO Group, and last week a jury heard arguments about potential penalties. The jury award...
Baahubali movie producer’s WhatsApp account gets hacked. How it happened? He shares what you should not doBaahubali producer Shobu Yarlagadda's WhatsApp account was hacked, leading to a chain reaction of compromised accounts. Hackers exploited t...
Meta says Iranian group tried to target Trump, Biden officials' WhatsApp accountsMeta reported on Friday that it identified possible hacking attempts on the WhatsApp accounts of U.S. officials from both the Biden and Tru...
WhatsApp scam: How scamsters gain access and hack your Whatsapp account. What you should doThe Kolkata Police have issued a warning to WhatsApp users about a scam starting with Facebook impersonation, which leads to victims' Faceb...
Singapore cautions against scammers requesting COVID aid to India"The scammers would emphasise the urgency of the issue and provide the victims with a bank account number for fund transfer, claiming that ...
Personal details of 6.1 million Facebook users in India leaked onlineIndia is among the biggest markets for Facebook and its group companies WhatsApp and Instagram.
Facebook India head appears before parliamentary panel on WhatsApp snooping issueThe parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology called the cyber security experts to hear their views on the issue of citize...
KN Govindacharya files letter petition on WhatsApp NSO matter to SCGovindacharya has also written to Ravi Shankar Prasad seeking NIA investigation against FB, WhatsApp, NSO Group Technologies, and Q Cyber T...
WhatsApp says alerted govt of spyware attack in September too; IT Min says past info was inadequateWhatsApp had said it is suing NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm, that is reportedly behind the technology that helped unnamed entitie...
WhatsApp responds to government; says it informed in September Indian users were impacted of malwareWhatsApp's response to the government on Friday comes amid allegations that it had withheld information about Indian citizens being among t...
After Pegasus spying row, India asks WhatsApp to explain privacy breachIndia is awaiting WhatsApp’s response to decide on the next action, which could include imposition of penalty.
WhatsApp confirms Indian journalists and activists targeted in hackFacebook's messaging platform alleged that the Israeli NSO Group targeted some 1,400 users. While WhatsApp declined to reveal the identitie...
Furore erupts over WhatsApp spying exposéOn Thursday, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took to Twitter to reiterate the Centre’s concern at the breach of privacy of Indians, and sai...
WhatsApp says it moved fast to contain spyware attack damage"We are committed to doing all we can to prevent these abuses to our systems,” the Facebook-owned company said in its response to the gover...
Businesses yet to get any information on WhatsApp hack effectA section feels attack has not hit enterprise, others say it depends on company security solutions.