AI agents becoming day traders, but gains prove elusiveIn a groundbreaking shift, retail investors are now harnessing artificial intelligence to facilitate their trading endeavors. Many see this...
02 May, 2026, 09.34 AM IST
Not OTP or links, but hackers now use WhatsApp images for fraud; Check details hereA new WhatsApp image scam is targeting smartphone users. Hackers are hiding malware inside image files. Opening these images can lead to da...
25 May, 2025, 05.28 PM IST
Sending a funny meme on WhatsApp can cost you bank account, social media account, photos and more, check this latest scamDownloading images received on WhatsApp, even seemingly harmless ones, from unknown sources can compromise your phone's security through hi...
25 May, 2025, 08.00 AM IST
Gujarat ATS nabs man for helping Pakistan spy on Indian defence personnel by sending malware on WhatsAppThe Gujarat police's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a Pakistani man who was granted Indian citizenship in 2005 for allegedly helpi...
20 Oct, 2023, 05.44 PM IST
WhatsApp will soon allow users to express their message through animated emojis: What we knowOnce the feature is live on WhatsApp, animated emojis that are available on the platform, will automatically appear in your chat. Animated ...
19 Apr, 2023, 01.43 PM IST
How WhatsApp's new security feature 'Device Verification' protects your account from malwareThe Device Verification requires no action or additional steps from users to protect their account.
14 Apr, 2023, 11.37 AM IST
WhatsApp announces additional security features for usersWhatsApp will also introduce a new security feature that will send out additional alerts if someone tries to move their messaging account f...
13 Apr, 2023, 07.01 PM IST
Govt officials world over among 1.4K WhatsApp users targeted in 2019: WhatsApp CEOWill Cathcart said that he saw parallels between the attack against WhatsApp users in 2019, which is now the subject of a lawsuit brought b...
24 Jul, 2021, 07.23 PM IST
Beware! Link claiming to change WhatsApp theme to pink is a virus, can hack your phoneThe link also promises several additional features upon installation.
19 Apr, 2021, 03.22 PM IST
Malware attack on users: CERT-In alerted three days before WhatsApp pingedIn Sept 2019, WhatsApp told CERT-In of attempts to target 121 Indians & around 20 may have been impacted.
06 Nov, 2019, 09.58 AM IST
Draw up norms to have control over Google, Facebook, Twitter: Mohandas PaiThe former Chief Financial Officer of Infosys said the government should through its probe agencies investigate the WhatsApp snooping scand...
04 Nov, 2019, 07.56 PM IST
Tibetans too under spyware radarActivists say Whatsapp has been exposed to snooping by surveillance firms based out of China. Tenzin Dalha, a research fellow at the Tibet ...
04 Nov, 2019, 07.44 AM IST
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...
02 Nov, 2019, 06.33 PM IST
Pegasus: A spyware that leaves no traceThe Israeli technology firm that developed Pegasus reveals the extent to which the spyware can collect data.
01 Nov, 2019, 12.32 PM IST
Phishing is the most common way to steal information: ReportCustomer information, financial data and strategic plans of companies are the three most valuable pieces of information coveted by cyber cr...
23 Aug, 2019, 07.29 AM IST
Army sounds alert on its personnel joining open-ended WhatsApp groupsThe force already has a social media policy in place where personnel are asked not to share any information about Army operations or their ...
08 Jul, 2019, 10.56 PM IST
What is WhatsApp Gold? A virus that will put your personal data in dangerThe fake app which had been doing the rounds in 2016 is back again.
11 Jan, 2019, 01.40 PM IST