April 12, 2023

Tax-time smishing campaign targets Indian account holders

The end of the fiscal year is already hectic enough, but would-be scammers just don’t care whom they affect

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February 08, 2022

Sophos Announces Plans for New Data Centers in India and Brazil

The new data centers would expand Sophos’ existing base of data centers around the world in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, Germany, Japan, and Australia.

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March 04, 2020

Facebook purges hundreds of fake accounts from state actors, marketers

It removed 5 networks engaged in foreign or government interference in Egypt, India, Russia, Iran, and Myanmar/Vietnam. Some targeted the US.

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January 22, 2019

WhatsApp fights the spread of deadly fake news with recipient limit

WhatsApp has capped the number of people you can forward messages to, after India was seized by rumour-inspired mob lynchings.

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October 21, 2018

Fake Android banking apps target victims in India

Phishing attacks leveraged fake "banking" apps to steal bank card numbers from victims in India

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July 30, 2018

Social media rumors lead to PepsiCo lawsuit

...so take down those 3,412 Facebook links, 20,244 Facebook posts, 242 YouTube videos, 6 Instagram links, and 562 tweets ... by court order.

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July 23, 2018

WhatsApp limits message forwarding in response to lynchings

New restrictions in the WhatsApp messaging app are designed to combat a spate of mob lynchings.

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January 09, 2018

Aadhaar breaches fuelled by rogue admin accounts

Not long ago trumpeted as the world’s largest biometric database, India’s Aadhaar system covering 1.2bn citizens is rapidly acquiring a less impressive reputation as the easiest to breach.

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September 06, 2017

News in brief: Warning over Bitcoin scam app; Samsung facial recognition bypassed; Apple squares up to India

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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