Spammers

Airtel launched a network-based artificial intelligence (AI) solution on Wednesday that will automatically identify and detect spam calls and messages. The AI-powered spam detection tool is aimed at helping users know when a spammer is calling so that they can make an informed decision on whether to pick up the call or reject it. The telecom servic...

Truecaller has rolled out a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will block all spam calls automatically, offering better security from spammers and potential scammers. The feature, which is only available on its Android app, adds a new ‘Max’ protection tier from spam calls. It is being added as a premium feature and will only be avail...

He also tagged TRAI and Gurugram Cyber Police and sought help from them.

Russia is resorting to spammer tactics to spread Ukraine war propaganda after more sophisticated influence operations at Facebook and Instagram have been thwarted, Meta said on Thursday.

TRAI's apprehensions over potential dilution of powers under the draft telecom bill have been addressed, and the government may look at the option of taking up provisions related to strengthening of the regulatory body separately at a later stage, DoT sources said.

Telecom regulator TRAI will propose to set up a unified know-your-customer system, which should be accessible by all telecom operators, to check fraudulent callers and spammers, a top official said on Sunday. Speaking at India Mobile Congress, TRAI Chairman PD Vaghela said it is difficult to find the actual culprit at present who has indulged in fr...

Trying to stop all spam email is tough, but here are practical ways to permanently stop those annoying spammers from cluttering your Gmail account.

LunarCrush, a crypto intelligence firm has said that a large chunk of spam accounts on social media are real people, which is why software fails to detect and mark online junk. As per the data compiled, spam volume on Twitter has risen by 1,374 percent in the last three years.

Dogecoin can be used as an incentive for humans to flag spammers on Twitter, American billionaire Mark Cuban has suggested Elon Musk. The development comes after Twitter accepted Musk’s offer to buy it for $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,36,800 crore).

Fraudsters from Albania to Vietnam are posting about US politics and the upcoming presidential election to build fake audiences, maximise clicks and make money online, Facebook said on Wednesday.

Truecaller has rolled out a new feature called Spam Activity Indicator for Android users. It offers detailed statistics on a spammer when tapping on the caller’s profile in the Truecaller app. The mobile app gets three new bits of information including Spam Reports, Call Activity, and Peak Calling Hours in its latest update.

A month before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a rumor spread on Facebook. People were sharing a viral gimmick familiar to email spammers: Copy and paste this message to all your friends, or Facebook will share your private information. The hoax took off, particularly in pockets of the U.S. and the Philippines.

Twitter said the total number of accounts that can be added to a user's list in a single day was cut to 400 from 1,000.

Twitter on Monday trimmed the number of accounts that a user can follow in a single day in an effort to fight spam at the micro-blogging platform.

Last week, Facebook said that cyber attackers had stolen data from 29 million Facebook accounts using an automated program from one friend to the next.

Airtel launched a network-based artificial intelligence (AI) solution on Wednesday that will automatically identify and detect spam calls and messages. The AI-powered spam detection tool is aimed at helping users know when a spammer is calling so that they can make an informed decision on whether to pick up the call or reject it. The telecom servic...

Truecaller has rolled out a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will block all spam calls automatically, offering better security from spammers and potential scammers. The feature, which is only available on its Android app, adds a new ‘Max’ protection tier from spam calls. It is being added as a premium feature and will only be avail...

He also tagged TRAI and Gurugram Cyber Police and sought help from them.

Russia is resorting to spammer tactics to spread Ukraine war propaganda after more sophisticated influence operations at Facebook and Instagram have been thwarted, Meta said on Thursday.

TRAI's apprehensions over potential dilution of powers under the draft telecom bill have been addressed, and the government may look at the option of taking up provisions related to strengthening of the regulatory body separately at a later stage, DoT sources said.

Telecom regulator TRAI will propose to set up a unified know-your-customer system, which should be accessible by all telecom operators, to check fraudulent callers and spammers, a top official said on Sunday. Speaking at India Mobile Congress, TRAI Chairman PD Vaghela said it is difficult to find the actual culprit at present who has indulged in fr...

Trying to stop all spam email is tough, but here are practical ways to permanently stop those annoying spammers from cluttering your Gmail account.

LunarCrush, a crypto intelligence firm has said that a large chunk of spam accounts on social media are real people, which is why software fails to detect and mark online junk. As per the data compiled, spam volume on Twitter has risen by 1,374 percent in the last three years.

Dogecoin can be used as an incentive for humans to flag spammers on Twitter, American billionaire Mark Cuban has suggested Elon Musk. The development comes after Twitter accepted Musk’s offer to buy it for $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,36,800 crore).

Fraudsters from Albania to Vietnam are posting about US politics and the upcoming presidential election to build fake audiences, maximise clicks and make money online, Facebook said on Wednesday.

Truecaller has rolled out a new feature called Spam Activity Indicator for Android users. It offers detailed statistics on a spammer when tapping on the caller’s profile in the Truecaller app. The mobile app gets three new bits of information including Spam Reports, Call Activity, and Peak Calling Hours in its latest update.

A month before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a rumor spread on Facebook. People were sharing a viral gimmick familiar to email spammers: Copy and paste this message to all your friends, or Facebook will share your private information. The hoax took off, particularly in pockets of the U.S. and the Philippines.

Twitter said the total number of accounts that can be added to a user's list in a single day was cut to 400 from 1,000.

Twitter on Monday trimmed the number of accounts that a user can follow in a single day in an effort to fight spam at the micro-blogging platform.

Last week, Facebook said that cyber attackers had stolen data from 29 million Facebook accounts using an automated program from one friend to the next.