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Israeli Cyber Operation Targeted Iranian Prayer App, Sent Messages Urging Soldiers To Defect Amid US-Israel Strikes
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (423+ words) Mar 01, 2026 | Updated 03:10 PM GMT+5:30 A widely used Iranian prayer app with more than five million downloads was hacked on Saturday (28 February) to send messages urging military personnel to defect and join opposition forces, as US and Israeli strikes targeted IRGC…...
India Advances Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity As C-DOT Signs Pact To Develop Cryptographic Risk Detection Tool
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (168+ words) Feb 14, 2026 | Updated 11:38 AM GMT+5:30 The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), India's premier telecom research and development institution under the Department of Telecommunications, has signed an agreement with Synergy Quantum India Private Limited to jointly develop an automated tool designed…...
96 Per Cent Of WhatsApp Users In India Receive Daily Spam Messages, Survey Flags Rising Privacy Concerns: Report
3+ week, 4+ day ago (301+ words) Feb 04, 2026 | Updated 01:05 PM GMT+5:30 A new survey has revealed that spam and promotional messages have become an unavoidable daily nuisance for nearly all WhatsApp users in India, raising concerns about user privacy and data misuse. The LocalCircles survey, which gathered…...
New Bureau Of Port Security To Regulate Ship And Port Safety With Focus On Intelligence And Cyber Threats
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (375+ words) Dec 21, 2025, 11:34 AM GMT+5:30 | Updated 11:34 AM GMT+5:30 The Union government is moving to significantly strengthen security at India's ports with the creation of a new statutory authority, the Bureau of Port Security (BoPS). The proposed body will focus on the timely…...
DoT Withdraws Mandatory Sanchar Saathi Preloading Order Amid Privacy, Surveillance Concerns
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (326+ words) Dec 03, 2025, 05:37 PM | Updated 05:37 PM IST "Given Sanchar Saathi's increasing acceptance, Government has decided not to make the pre-installation mandatory for mobile manufacturers," the Ministry of Communications said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the Indian Express, the earlier order,…...
Beyond Just Access: RBI Unveils 'Panch Jyoti' Strategy With 47 Action Points For Meaningful, Measurable Financial Inclusion
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (458+ words) Dec 02, 2025, 03:16 PM | Updated 03:16 PM IST The Reserve Bank of India on Monday (1 December) published an ecosystem-led plan to deepen financial inclusion between 2025 and 2030, setting out five strategic objectives it calls the "Panch Jyoti. The National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI:…...
'Big Boss Surveillance', Opposition Slams Centre’s Order Making Sanchar Saathi Mandatory On All Phones
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (362+ words) Dec 02, 2025, 12:29 PM | Updated 12:29 PM IST A major political uproar has broken out over the Centre's directive requiring mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on every handset sold in India. Opposition parties have alleged that the order is…...
India Rolls Out Rules Governing How Companies Collect And Use Personal DataâAll You Need To Know
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (338+ words) Nov 14, 2025, 04:33 PM | Updated 04:34 PM IST The Union government has notified the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, bringing the country's long-awaited data protection regime into full effect two years after Parliament cleared the legislation. With this, the DPDP Act, enacted…...
Chinese State Hackers Just Pulled Off The World’s First Autonomous AI Hack
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1079+ words) The hackers used AI to handle about 80 to 90 per cent of the attack, needing humans only a few times for four to six key decisions in each campaign..Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic has disclosed what it describes as the first…...
India Unveils Five Cutting-Edge Projects To Strengthen Safe And Trusted AI Ecosystem
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (342+ words) Oct 08, 2025, 10:34 AM | Updated 10:34 AM IST In a major stride towards building a secure and responsible artificial intelligence ecosystem, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) announced the selection of five innovative projects under the Safe & Trusted AI pillar of…...