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Indian cyber agency flags WhatsApp 'hijack'Alert from India's cybersecurity authority, CERT-In, reveals a dangerous flaw in WhatsApp dubbed GhostPairing. This vulnerability enables h...20 Dec, 2025, 06.18 PM IST- WhatsApp patches exploit allowing hackers to target Apple usersWhatsApp fixed a security flaw that allowed targeted attacks on Apple devices by exploiting bugs in iOS and iPadOS. Less than 200 users wer...04 Sep, 2025, 09.44 AM IST
- Operation Sindoor: Government warns against Pakistan-sponsored social media propagandaFollowing India's actions against multiple terrorist bases in Pakistan, PIB Fact Check has cautioned citizens about disinformation campaign...08 May, 2025, 03.23 PM IST
- MHA think tank alerts against 'hijack', sextortion, impersonation scams on WhatsAppThe Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) has issued an advisory and alert against various scams on WhatsApp that lead to cyber ...21 Jan, 2024, 01.48 PM IST
- Scammers target WhatsApp users with phishing attemptsThe problem is that while telcos and the regulator have been working to create artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions to check spam c...21 May, 2023, 11.31 AM IST
- HC seeks government reply on false stock info pleaThe Delhi High Court on Monday sought the government's response on a petition seeking a "comprehensive policy" to stem the circulation of f...29 Sep, 2021, 04.36 AM IST
- Campaign against idli-dosa batter: Azim Premji-backed iD Fresh Food moves cyber police, WhatsApp“We condemn the spread of such malicious rumours and misinformation and have taken the legal route to rightfully tackle this issue,” the co...09 Sep, 2021, 09.45 AM IST
- iD Fresh Food files complaint with police, WhatsApp over misleading informationiD Fresh Food has been receiving social media forwards which carried “misleading and false information” alleging that it used animal extrac...08 Sep, 2021, 07.45 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
- How border wars are splitting pariwars on WhatsAppWhatsApp is a new war front as politics is now sorting friends and families into enemy camps.10 Mar, 2019, 11.44 AM IST
- Fighting fake information is a societal challenge: Chris Daniels, WhatsAppGlobal head Chris Daniels, on a trip to India, says will appoint country chief by year-end.30 Oct, 2018, 08.57 AM IST
- People felt Internet.org was walled garden; today’s changes address that criticism: Internet.org's Chris Daniels"Facebook or the developers aren’t paying the operators for the data. And developers aren’t paying us to be part of this programme," Chris ...30 Oct, 2018, 08.01 AM IST
- India heads of IT giants may face criminal charges over fake newsHeads of social media companies may face 5-year jail term and criminal proceedings over fake news.01 Sep, 2018, 02.20 PM IST
- WhatsApp starts new feature to let users identify forwarded messagesUsers will need to have the latest supported version of WhatsApp on their phone to see the new forwarded label, the company explained.11 Jul, 2018, 08.28 AM IST
- Supreme Court calls for new law to regulate social media and curb defamatory messagesThe bench agreed that people should not be given free hand to run malicious campaign on social media and a new law should be enacted.07 Aug, 2015, 11.01 AM IST
- Youth Congress team to head online campaignThe party has also turned to social networking platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Whatsapp.26 Mar, 2014, 11.40 AM IST
- Aamir Khan files police complaint against 'defamatory' campaign on social mediaAamir Khan has complained to Mumbai Police, alleging that a smear campaign has been launched against him on some social networking sites.09 Mar, 2014, 07.20 PM IST
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