WhatsApp remains top among social media platforms to be misused by cyber criminals, says MHA reportWhatsApp, Telegram, and Instagram are leading platforms for cyber frauds in 2024. Thousands of complaints have been registered for scams th...
01 Jan, 2025, 01.42 PM IST
Amid Israel-Iran tensions, 'bombing' hits Iraq military base housing pro-Iranian paramilitariesSeveral people were wounded in a "bombing" overnight Friday on an Iraqi military base housing pro-Iranian paramilitaries, two security sour...
20 Apr, 2024, 08.30 AM IST
Is your personal data on Digi Yatra app safe? Authorities clarifyThe Digi Yatra Foundation has confirmed that the personal data of 3.3 million Indian users of the Digi Yatra app is safe, as it does not st...
19 Apr, 2024, 10.20 PM IST
Iraq slams US after strike kills pro-Iran commanderIraq condemns a US airstrike killing a senior Kataeb Hezbollah commander accused of attacks on American troops. The strike follows previous...
08 Feb, 2024, 06.00 PM IST
UK focuses on child safety at the start of new online regimeIt said its role would be to force firms, such as Facebook and Instagram owner Meta, to tackle the causes of online harm by making their se...
09 Nov, 2023, 11.16 AM IST
Aadhaar enabled e-KYC jumps by 16% in March 2023; how you can obtain Aadhaar paperless offline e-KYC dataAadhaar, is used for a number of services, including last-mile banking, direct financial transfers, and authentications.
27 Apr, 2023, 03.51 PM IST
TikTok, Bumble join initiative to prevent sharing of non-consensual imagesSocial media platforms TikTok and Bumble have joined an initiative to prevent the sharing of non-consensual intimate images online.
04 Dec, 2022, 07.28 PM IST
Zoom joins tech industry's counterterrorism group in the USThe Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, or GIFCT, is an independent group through which member companies share information to comba...
16 Dec, 2021, 08.36 AM IST
Intent of message traceability under IT rules not to weaken encryption of platforms, says governmentFacebook-owned WhatsApp had then approached the Delhi High Court challenging the new IT rules for social media intermediaries that require ...
01 Nov, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
Bitcoin price sinks below $30,000 for first time since JanuaryThe world's largest cryptocurrency slumped over 7% to $29,332, its lowest since Jan. 27, after giving up gains made in Asian hours. Its fal...
22 Jun, 2021, 08.51 PM IST
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prisonThe disgraced producer, who has maintained that any sexual activity was consensual, showed no reaction to the sentence.
12 Mar, 2020, 09.51 AM IST
S Jaishankar holds conversation with Iranian FM, says India deeply concerned about levels of tensionThe conversation between the two leaders comes days after Iran's top military commander Soleimani was killed in a US strike.
05 Jan, 2020, 07.24 PM IST
LinkedIn notifies data breach, alerts 400 mn members to stay safeLinkedIn admitted that the massive data breach in 2012 may result in millions of passwords being leaked. It currently has 400 million users.
28 May, 2016, 09.15 AM IST
LinkedIn notifies data breach, alerts 400 million members to stay safeIn an email sent out to all its members, LinkedIn admitted that the massive data breach in 2012 may result in millions of passwords being l...
27 May, 2016, 02.13 PM IST
ICICI Bank to roll out voice authenticationThe cutting-edge technology comes from Nuance Communications, a Massachusetts-based firm that created the technology behind Siri.
06 Apr, 2015, 11.14 AM IST
Secret App: Strong anonymisation often leads to loss of intelligenceManjula Sridhar shares her insight to the Secret app and research happening in the space of re-identification.
26 Sep, 2014, 06.36 AM IST
Hacker took over BBC server, tried to 'sell' access on Christmas DayThe BBC's security team responded to the issue on Saturday and believes it has secured the site, according to a person familiar with the cl...
29 Dec, 2013, 07.55 PM IST