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Hundreds Of Rapido Users Were Left Exposed To Security Breach Due To THIS Vulnerability, Fixed Now
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3 days, 7 hours ago

Hundreds Of Rapido Users Were Left Exposed To Security Breach Due To THIS Vulnerability, Fixed Now

ABP News  

Rapido users were highly vulnerable to a security breach in which their personal information could have been exposed to hackers. Security researcher Renganathan P was the first to identify a vulnerability in Rapido’s system that potentially allowed hackers to access personal details, including full names, email addresses, and phone numbers. According to a report by the TechCrunch, over 1,800 feedback …

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Rapido fixes a bug that exposed the personal data of thousands of users and drivers
3 days, 19 hours ago

Rapido fixes a bug that exposed the personal data of thousands of users and drivers

India TV News  

A significant bug in Rapido, an Indian bike-taxi aggregator app has exposed sensitive personal data of thousands of users and drivers across the country. Security risks of exposed data The exposed data posed a significant risk, which was potentially enabling the cybercriminals to launch large-scale social engineering attacks or sell the information on the dark web. Over 1,800 feedback forms, …

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Delhi vegetable vendors asked to display names, phone numbers on carts, here's why
1 month, 1 week ago

Delhi vegetable vendors asked to display names, phone numbers on carts, here's why

India TV News  

Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants in Delhi: Street vendors at a vegetable market in the Najafgarh area of Delhi have been asked to display their names on their carts. According to the local councillor and market association, this measure is aimed at preventing "illegal" Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants from selling produce in the market. The market association has also directed the …

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Inside California’s brutal underground market for puppies: Neglected dogs, deceived owners, big profits
3 months, 1 week ago

Inside California’s brutal underground market for puppies: Neglected dogs, deceived owners, big profits

LA Times  

Blaring music drowned out the barking, but there was no masking the neglect inside the sweltering Riverside County garage. “Might be a puppy mill.” Several years before Lemon died, complaints from buyers with sick dogs led investigators with the L.A. County district attorney’s office to serve a search warrant at Matthews’ Norco home. The website for Bay Area Corgis in …

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Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American. Here’s how to protect yourself
4 months, 1 week ago

Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American. Here’s how to protect yourself

LA Times  

The breach, which includes Social Security numbers and other sensitive data, could power a raft of identity theft, one expert says. The breach, which includes Social Security numbers and other sensitive data, could power a raft of identity theft, fraud and other crimes, said Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. “And if people weren’t …

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AI tool to help cops curb cyber crime
6 months, 1 week ago

AI tool to help cops curb cyber crime

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Against the backdrop of a spurt in online financial fraud, the state police have decided to introduce an artificial intelligence-based tool to help the public check the genuineness of apps, web links, social media profiles and phone numbers that solicit investments. Around R s 200 crore was swindled from victims in the state last year, prompting cops to come …

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One Tech Tip: What to do if your personal info has been exposed in a data breach
8 months ago

One Tech Tip: What to do if your personal info has been exposed in a data breach

Associated Press  

LONDON — Data breaches like the most recent one involving AT&T customers are becoming an almost regular occurrence. In malicious breaches, cybercriminals can use stolen data to target people with phishing messages, or by taking out loans or credit cards in their name, a common and harmful type of identity theft. Be aware In the United States, there’s no federal …

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Changing the way we dial
1 year, 1 month ago

Changing the way we dial

The Hindu  

What do you do when you want to call and speak to someone? Circular dial For those of you who’ve never seen about a rotary dial phone, it was a telephone that had a circular dial with holes in it that corresponded to the different numbers. Rotary dial vs push button Rotary dial phones employed a series of pulses called …

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Avoid WhatsApp calls from +92 numbers or you may end up losing money
1 year, 4 months ago

Avoid WhatsApp calls from +92 numbers or you may end up losing money

India Today  

India is currently dealing with a rise in online scam cases. These scammers are reaching out to people with phone numbers starting with the +92 country code and luring them into their scam by offering free iPhones and other Apple products. People are getting WhatsApp calls from phone number with the +92 country code Well, the +92 country code is …

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They brought my son’s photo, said he is dead: Kin of Odisha train accident victim
1 year, 6 months ago

They brought my son’s photo, said he is dead: Kin of Odisha train accident victim

Hindustan Times  

Far away from his home at Haripal in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, Ayan Das has been receiving every call from known and unknown numbers once he came to know about the railway disaster in Odisha. “Families that contacted us said these migrants work in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and come home once or twice a year,” the officer added. “Luckily, …

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WhatsApp update: 2 major features coming to messaging app
1 year, 6 months ago

WhatsApp update: 2 major features coming to messaging app

India Today  

WhatsApp is working on several new features, but two of them are major updates that will arrive soon. The messaging platform recently added three big updates, including a Chat Lock feature, Edit button, and an option to use one WhatsApp account on multiple mobile phones. WhatsApp to let you hide phone numbers According to screenshots shared by WaBetaInfo, WhatsApp is …

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WhatsApp to soon say goodbye to phone numbers and hello to usernames
1 year, 6 months ago

WhatsApp to soon say goodbye to phone numbers and hello to usernames

India TV News  

WhatsApp, a Meta-owned instant messaging platfrom is reportedly working on a new feature that will enable users to set up unique usernames for their accounts, Instant messaging app is developing this feature, which is expected to be introduced in a future update. According to a report of WABetaInfo, the feature was discovered during an exploration of the latest WhatsApp beta …

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Gurugram civic body to enlist pvt agencies to distribute property tax bills to owners
1 year, 7 months ago

Gurugram civic body to enlist pvt agencies to distribute property tax bills to owners

Hindustan Times  

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram will outsource the work of property tax bill distribution to private agencies, which will also be tasked to collect the details of each property owner including her/ his phone number so that these can be updated on the database, civic officials said on Tuesday. PC Meena, MCG commissioner, said they have to hire a private …

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A typing error keeps Ludhiana journalism student’s phone ringing for three days
1 year, 7 months ago

A typing error keeps Ludhiana journalism student’s phone ringing for three days

Hindustan Times  

The mobile phone of a Ludhiana-based journalism student has been ringing non-stop for the past three days and NRIs settled abroad are sharing their complaints to him for action. Thanks to a typing error made by the officials of chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s office while tweeting NRI helpline numbers. Ludhiana-based journalism student Kabir Singh has received over 800 calls in …

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How Fraudsters Use Mobile Numbers from Feedback Forms to Steal Lakhs from Victims in Kolkata
1 year, 9 months ago

How Fraudsters Use Mobile Numbers from Feedback Forms to Steal Lakhs from Victims in Kolkata

News 18  

Fraudsters are finding creative ways to swindle money. In one such ‘creative’ stunt, criminals in Kolkata allegedly stole 7.43 lakhs from a man by using the phone number of the victim himself. The fraudsters used this general diary entry to apply for a duplicate SIM card linked to the ‘lost’ number. Modus Operandi of the Fraud According to the cyber …

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WhatsApp to soon replace phone number with username in groups chat list, all about the upcoming feature
1 year, 9 months ago

WhatsApp to soon replace phone number with username in groups chat list, all about the upcoming feature

India Today  

WhatsApp is rolling out a new update for group participants which replaces phone numbers with username names within the chat list. After the new update, users will see push names instead of phone numbers if they receive a message from any unknown contact in the WhatsApp group. In December last year WhatsApp started introducing a new feature which swapped phone …

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NRIs will be able to use UPI with international phone numbers & NRE
1 year, 11 months ago

NRIs will be able to use UPI with international phone numbers & NRE

Op India  

On January 10, the National Payments Corporation of India announced that soon Non-Resident External and Non-Resident Ordinary account holders with international mobile numbers linked to their accounts would be able to use Unified Payments Interface. From time to time, NRIs have raised the issue with the Government of India and asked to allow them to use UPI with international numbers …

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Byju’s buying phone numbers of children,their parents & threatening them: NCPCR
2 years ago

Byju’s buying phone numbers of children,their parents & threatening them: NCPCR

Live Mint  

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights chief on Tuesday said it came to know that Byju's is allegedly buying phone numbers of children and their parents, and threatening them that their future will be ruined if they don't buy their courses. The NCPCR chief said to the news agency ANI,"We came to know how Byju's buying phone numbers …

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Saudi spying case: Who is Ahmad Abouammo, the ex-Twitter employee who’s been sentenced to 42 months in US prison?
2 years ago

Saudi spying case: Who is Ahmad Abouammo, the ex-Twitter employee who’s been sentenced to 42 months in US prison?

Firstpost  

Ahmad Abouammo, 45, has been convicted of passing along sensitive information, including phone numbers and birth dates of dissidents, to Saudi Arabia. Court records show that Abouammo, a dual US-Lebanese citizen, was part of a scheme to acquire personal information of users, including phone numbers and birth dates, for a Saudi government agent. Prosecutors said that Abouammo’s scheme began in …

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Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 28 To December 4, 2022
2 years ago

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 28 To December 4, 2022

Live Law  

Citations NOMINAL INDEXRavinder Kumar Aggarwal versus Income Tax Officer 2022 LiveLaw 1125 PARLE PRODUCTS PRIVATE LIMITED vs BRITANNIA INDUSTRIES LTD 2022 LiveLaw 1126 RK vs State 2022 LiveLaw 1127 DELHI WAQF BOARD THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN vs GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. Notice Under Section 148 Of Income Tax Act Against A Struck-Off Company Valid, In View Of Subsequent …

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Facebook fined $277 million for infringing sections of GDPR
2 years ago

Facebook fined $277 million for infringing sections of GDPR

The Hindu  

Irish regulators slapped Facebook parent Meta with a 265 million-euro fine on Monday, the company's latest punishment for breaching strict European Union data privacy rules. The Data Protection Commission said Meta Platforms infringed sections of the EU rules, known as the General Data Protection Regulation, that require technical and organisational measures aimed at protecting user data. Meta said the data …

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Medibank cyber attack: what personal data has been accessed and what can you do?
2 years, 1 month ago

Medibank cyber attack: what personal data has been accessed and what can you do?

ABC  

Medibank has detailed what personal information it believes a cybercriminal has accessed from customers in the latest update on the hack of the company's data. Medibank believes health claims data, including service provider name and location, what type of medical service was received, and codes related to diagnoses and procedures were accessed for 160,000 Medibank customers. ahm customers Medibank believes …

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What's happening with the Optus data breach? What we know about the alleged hacker's ransom, data release and apology
2 years, 2 months ago

What's happening with the Optus data breach? What we know about the alleged hacker's ransom, data release and apology

ABC  

The fallout from last week's cyber attack on telecommunications giant Optus, which exposed the details of current and former customers, is continuing. "It's got names, date of births, email addresses, postal addresses, phone numbers, Medicare card numbers, passport numbers, drivers licence numbers — its got everything," he said. Here's an update from Optus from Monday morning: "Optus has now sent …

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A woman’s brutal killing shocks the Arab world
2 years, 5 months ago

A woman’s brutal killing shocks the Arab world

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Abu Dhabi and Cairo CNN — The brutal killing of a young woman in broad daylight on an Egyptian street has shocked the Arab world, bringing the country’s gender-based violence crisis into the spotlight. “Definitely, …

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