New Delhi: The ongoing telecom crisis is set to hit the customers hard with two of the country’s largest telcos — Bharti Airtel and Vodafone — deciding to hike tariffs from December 1 after they posted historic losses on account of provisioning for the AGR pending dues. In what smacks of cartelisation shaping up in the […]
Category: Gadgets
User data not affected from new MP4 file bug: WhatsApp
New Delhi: WhatsApp on Monday said no user data was affected owing to a new bug where a specially-crafted malicious MP4 file may have used the vulnerability to trigger the remote code execution (RCE) and denial of service (DoS) cyber attack when downloaded by a user on both Android and iOS devices. Reports on Sunday claimed […]
New WhatsApp bug via MP4 file triggers snooping concerns
New Delhi: If someone has sent you an MP4 file on WhatsApp, guard against downloading it as hackers may use a critical vulnerability in the Facebook-owned app to execute snooping attack on both Android and iOS devices. The specially crafted MP4 file triggers the remote code execution (RCE) and denial of service (DoS) cyber attack. […]
Facebook Pay arrives in the US, WhatsApp Pay next in India?
New Delhi: Before WhatsApp Pay finally arrives in India, Facebook has launched its own payment system beginning with users in the US that will work across its app ecosystem — Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp. Currently, Facebook Pay can be used for fundraisers, in-game purchases, event tickets, person-to-person payments on Messenger and purchases from select Pages […]
Telegram, Signal won’t shield your chats from hackers
New Delhi: So you have decided to open a Telegram account in the wake of the WhatsApp-NSO group spyware incident that affected 1,400 select users globally, including some in India. Some of you may even be attempting to join the chat app Signal for that elusive security that, unfortunately, was never there in the first place. […]
Facebook let Tinder get special access to user data: Report
San Francisco: Despite dismissing Tinder cofounder Sean Rad as irrelevant, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg allowed the dating app special access to user data, as revealed by leaked exchanges between the two executives. Access to Facebook data helped Tinder thrive, but there came a point when it inched closer to losing that access, Forbes reported on Thursday. […]
Samsung Galaxy Fold: Indians just love to unfold the future
New Delhi: Money can buy you anything and if it is about purchasing a smartphone worth Rs 1.65 lakh, it has to be some really cool, top-of-the-line and never-seen-before gadget that must entice every single soul the moment you take it out from your pocket. Samsung that won the race to launch the world’s first foldable […]
How to find out what data apps are collecting about you
New Delhi: With instances of data leakage becoming more and more common, privacy has become the chief casualty. But for those who want to find out if an app is stealthily collecting their data, there are ways to find out, according to researchers. As cybersecurity firm Kaspersky explained in a blog, most apps collect some information […]
57% Indians want censorship for Netflix, Hotstar: Survey
New Delhi: With a number of shows on online streaming platforms having violence, nudity and strong language, about 57 per cent of people in India now think censorship is required for over-the-top (OTT) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar and Voot, according to a new survey by YouGov. While 27 per cent of those […]
Mass surveillance tech just needs a missed call to hack you
New Delhi: As Indians break their heads over WhatsApp spygate where an Israeli bug infected select users smartphones to access their personal details, the mass surveillance technology has truly come of age and now the governments just need to make a missed call to install an “exploit link” into the device of a person they […]