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WhatsApp Exec Reveals Hacks To Keep Messages Out Of Reach Of Google, Apple
WhatsApp, a widely used messaging platform, employs end-to-end encryption to enhance user privacy and security.
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WhatsApp Numbers of 500 Million Users Up for Sale, Twitter Data of 5.4 Million Users Leaked Online: Reports
WhatsApp numbers of around 500 million users has been put up for sale on a popular hacking community forum. In related news, the information of 5.4 million Twitter users from a previously disclosed data breach has been leaked online.
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Rs 21 Lakh Stolen From Retired Andhra Pradesh Teacher's Account: Police
Cybercriminals allegedly hacked the bank account of a retired school teacher in Annamayya via WhatsApp link and stole Rs 21 lakh.
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Nigerian Arrested For Duping People By Hacking Mobile Phones: Delhi Police
The Delhi Police's Cyber Cell has arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly hacking into people's phones and sending distress messages to the WhatsApp contacts seeking money, police said on Monday.
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Pegasus Spyware of Israel Firm NSO Group Being Used to Target Journalists, Activists, Government Officials
Israel-based NSO Group’s Pegasus is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents, according to an investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data.
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Explained: How Pegasus Is Used To Hack Into Phones To Spy On Users
In 2019, WhatsApp alleged that Pegasus was used to snoop on 1,400 of its users across the world, including Indian journalists. NSO, the spyware's Israeli developer, denied this saying it is sold only to "vetted and legitimate government agencies".
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WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Lead to User Account Hacks, Warns CERT-In
WhatsApp has a critical vulnerability that could allow hackers to access sensitive user data, CERT-In, India’s national technology arm to combat cyberattacks, warned users on Monday.
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Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Dell Join Facebook’s Legal Battle Against Israeli Hacking Company NSO After WhatsApp Hack
Microsoft, Google, Dell, and Cisco have joined Facebook in a legal battle against hacking company NSO. The tech giants have filed an amicus brief in a US federal court saying that the Israeli firm's tools were "powerful and dangerous”.
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WhatsApp Pay Refutes Allegations of Data Hacking by Spyware Pegasus in Supreme Court
WhatsApp refuted before the Supreme Court the claims that its payment services system was not secure and reliable and can be hacked by Israeli spy software Pegasus.
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"Phone Hacked, Asleep When Obscene Clip Sent": Goa Deputy Chief Minister
Goa Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Babu Kavlekar, accused by the opposition of sending porn clips to a WhatsApp group of social activists, has filed a police complaint alleging that his phone was hacked. The message from his phone allegedly went to the group after midnight on Sunday.
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Phone Hacked, Objectionable Clip Sent, Claims Goa Deputy Chief Minister
Goa Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar on Monday lodged a complaint with the state's cyber police station claiming his mobile phone was hacked and an objectionable clip was sent to a WhatsApp group of which he is a member.
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WhatsApp Hack That Lets Attackers Easily Gain Access to Your Account Is Back in Action: All You Need to Know
WhatsApp users have been victimised by some attackers due to surge in its usage through a social hacking process. It requires the six-digit security code that you receive via an SMS message to activate WhatsApp on your account.
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Poco X2, Realme C3 Launched in India, Google Maps Hack, WhatsApp Dark Mode, and More News This Week
The week past had its fair share of tech headlines, from the latest launch under the Poco brand – the Poco X2 being launched in India – to the arrival of the latest budget smartphone from Realme in the country – the Realme C3. Other big highlights of the week included a Berlin-based artist tricking Google Maps into seeing a traffic jam where ...
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Elon Musk Taunts WhatsApp, Says the Platform Comes With Free Phone Hacking Risk
Elon Musk had taken a jibe at WhatsApp in the wake of the highly publicised Jeff Bezos phone-hacking scandal, claiming that the platform comes with a free phone hacking risk.
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Jeff Bezos Hack: WhatsApp Is Dangerous, Says Telegram Founder Pavel Durov
Telegram's founder Pavel Durov has said Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos' data may not have been hacked if he had relied on Telegram instead of Facebook-owned WhatsApp which is full of malicious "backdoor" bugs.
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WhatsApp Exec Reveals Hacks To Keep Messages Out Of Reach Of Google, Apple
WhatsApp, a widely used messaging platform, employs end-to-end encryption to enhance user privacy and security.
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WhatsApp Numbers of 500 Million Users Up for Sale, Twitter Data of 5.4 Million Users Leaked Online: Reports
WhatsApp numbers of around 500 million users has been put up for sale on a popular hacking community forum. In related news, the information of 5.4 million Twitter users from a previously disclosed data breach has been leaked online.
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Rs 21 Lakh Stolen From Retired Andhra Pradesh Teacher's Account: Police
Cybercriminals allegedly hacked the bank account of a retired school teacher in Annamayya via WhatsApp link and stole Rs 21 lakh.
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Nigerian Arrested For Duping People By Hacking Mobile Phones: Delhi Police
The Delhi Police's Cyber Cell has arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly hacking into people's phones and sending distress messages to the WhatsApp contacts seeking money, police said on Monday.
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Pegasus Spyware of Israel Firm NSO Group Being Used to Target Journalists, Activists, Government Officials
Israel-based NSO Group’s Pegasus is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents, according to an investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data.
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Explained: How Pegasus Is Used To Hack Into Phones To Spy On Users
In 2019, WhatsApp alleged that Pegasus was used to snoop on 1,400 of its users across the world, including Indian journalists. NSO, the spyware's Israeli developer, denied this saying it is sold only to "vetted and legitimate government agencies".
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WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Lead to User Account Hacks, Warns CERT-In
WhatsApp has a critical vulnerability that could allow hackers to access sensitive user data, CERT-In, India’s national technology arm to combat cyberattacks, warned users on Monday.
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Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Dell Join Facebook’s Legal Battle Against Israeli Hacking Company NSO After WhatsApp Hack
Microsoft, Google, Dell, and Cisco have joined Facebook in a legal battle against hacking company NSO. The tech giants have filed an amicus brief in a US federal court saying that the Israeli firm's tools were "powerful and dangerous”.
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WhatsApp Pay Refutes Allegations of Data Hacking by Spyware Pegasus in Supreme Court
WhatsApp refuted before the Supreme Court the claims that its payment services system was not secure and reliable and can be hacked by Israeli spy software Pegasus.
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"Phone Hacked, Asleep When Obscene Clip Sent": Goa Deputy Chief Minister
Goa Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Babu Kavlekar, accused by the opposition of sending porn clips to a WhatsApp group of social activists, has filed a police complaint alleging that his phone was hacked. The message from his phone allegedly went to the group after midnight on Sunday.
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Phone Hacked, Objectionable Clip Sent, Claims Goa Deputy Chief Minister
Goa Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar on Monday lodged a complaint with the state's cyber police station claiming his mobile phone was hacked and an objectionable clip was sent to a WhatsApp group of which he is a member.
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WhatsApp Hack That Lets Attackers Easily Gain Access to Your Account Is Back in Action: All You Need to Know
WhatsApp users have been victimised by some attackers due to surge in its usage through a social hacking process. It requires the six-digit security code that you receive via an SMS message to activate WhatsApp on your account.
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Poco X2, Realme C3 Launched in India, Google Maps Hack, WhatsApp Dark Mode, and More News This Week
The week past had its fair share of tech headlines, from the latest launch under the Poco brand – the Poco X2 being launched in India – to the arrival of the latest budget smartphone from Realme in the country – the Realme C3. Other big highlights of the week included a Berlin-based artist tricking Google Maps into seeing a traffic jam where ...
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Elon Musk Taunts WhatsApp, Says the Platform Comes With Free Phone Hacking Risk
Elon Musk had taken a jibe at WhatsApp in the wake of the highly publicised Jeff Bezos phone-hacking scandal, claiming that the platform comes with a free phone hacking risk.
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Jeff Bezos Hack: WhatsApp Is Dangerous, Says Telegram Founder Pavel Durov
Telegram's founder Pavel Durov has said Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos' data may not have been hacked if he had relied on Telegram instead of Facebook-owned WhatsApp which is full of malicious "backdoor" bugs.
