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 Android Phone Users Beware Of This Malware! Delete These Apps Immediately
Android Phone Users Beware Of This Malware, Delete These Apps Immediately

Once installed, the Joker malware immediately begins spying on the user’s phone, steals information and sends it back to the hackers remotely.

WhatsApp
WhatsApp Introduces New Safety Features for Users In India

Meanwhile, WhatsApp has released the 2.21.24.8 update for its Android users on the beta channel, which reveals the company is working on message reaction notifications for its Android app.

Hackers Hit Over 4K e-Commerce Portals During Festive Sales
Hackers Hit Over 4K e-Commerce Portals During Festive Sales

The majority of the online shops used for skimming identified by the NCSC had been compromised via a known vulnerability in Magento, a popular e-commerce platform.

Unregulated Crypto Fueling Ransomware Attacks Globally: Report
Unregulated Crypto Fueling Ransomware Attacks Globally: Report

Some of the most high-profile ransomware attacks of the year involved ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), including an attack against Colonial Pipeline in the US by a 'DarkSide' affiliate.

WhatsApp Working On Message Reaction Notifications For Android Users
WhatsApp Working On Message Reaction Notifications For Android Users

The feature has been in active development for a few months at this point, and now it's finally live for a subset of those part of the beta programme, the report said.

Covid-19 Vaccination
Service Providers Can Now Check Vaccination Status Of An Individual On Cowin Portal With Consent

The service is being built to help citizens who may not have the vaccine certificate available in digital or paper form for availing a requested service and can support the service provider to verify the vaccination status/vaccination digital record of the citizen as per the authorised permission of the requesting entity.

Google Offices in US
Robots Now Wipe Tables, Sort Trash, Open Doors At Google Offices

"Using a combination of machine learning techniques like reinforcement learning, collaborative learning, and learning from demonstration, the robots have steadily gained a better understanding of the world around them and become more skilled at doing everyday tasks, the company informed.

Flipkart Forays Into Healthcare Sector With Flipkart Health+
Flipkart Forays Into Healthcare Sector With Flipkart Health+

The new venture builds on Flipkart's efforts to address the growing consumer Internet ecosystem, providing end-to-end offerings from travel to healthcare as digital technologies continue to democratise access to products and services.

Battery Bicycle
Botany Lecturer In Odisha’s Gajapati Designs Low Cost Battery Bicycle

The continuous surge in the fuel prices and level of pollution prompted Manas Ranjan Panigrahi to design a battery-powered low-cost bicycle

Instagram Testing Music In Feed Posts In 3 Countries, Including India
Instagram Testing Music In Feed Posts In 3 Countries, Including India

This feature is being tested with a small percentage of Instagram's global community and expanded based on the learning and feedback from the Instagram community.

5 New Google Initiatives To Help India Go Digital
5 New Google Initiatives To Help India Go Digital

Google also announced a feature in Search that will give users the option to access web pages originally written in other languages and see it in their preferred language.

Instagram To Shut Down 'Threads' By Year End
Instagram To Shut Down 'Threads' By Year End

Instagram attempted to make it easier to switch between friends' Stories, the Camera interface, and other parts of the experience. It still didn't function as a quick way to read through your messages, though, and didn't gain significant traction as a result of the changes.

Work From Home
Work From Home: 39% IT Workers Still Feel Isolated

According to the global cybersecurity company Kaspersky, the extensive use of non-corporate communication services enables better connections but increases the level of risk from unmonitored IT resources

Hacking
1 Affected Indian Online Gamer Losing Rs 7,894 On Average To Hackers

Three quarters of Indian gamers (75 per cent) among those surveyed experienced cyber attack to their gaming account, most commonly detecting malicious software on a gaming device (35 per cent) and detecting unauthorised access to an online gaming account (29 per cent).

Garena Free Fire Emerges As Most Downloaded Mobile Game For October
Garena Free Fire Emerges As Most Downloaded Mobile Game For October

Roblox from Roblox Corporation, Cookie Carver from Azur, and Subway Surfers from Sybo Games rounded out the top five most installed mobile games worldwide for the month.

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