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Hyderabad: Cyber fraudsters are now hacking WhatsApp mobile numbers of Non Resident Indians (NRIs) and sending requests for money to people on their contact lists in the guise of medical emergencies and other needs. According to the police, this new way of cheating by impersonation and fake WhatsApp accounts was becoming very common, with the […]
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These are the times when privacy is one of the hottest topics, and WhatsApp, one of the most popular means of communication, whether it is at work or for friends and family in India, has announced some changes aimed at better privacy. The first was a set of privacy features to give users more control […]
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San Francisco: With an aim to take on abusive messages, Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp will soon release a new feature that will allow group admins the ability to delete messages for everyone. According to WABetaInfo, the platform is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.22.17.12 […]
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Hyderabad: The Cyberabad She Teams attended 103 woman harassment complaints in the month of the July and the maximum complaints were received by the police through WhatsApp. The police booked 36 cases out of which nine were FIRs and the remaining petty cases were registered following the complaints. She Teams conducted 495 decoy operations at […]
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Hyderabad: Every time you shop on a popular e-commerce website, you are taking a major risk, if what the Cybercrime police here say based on recent cases is any indication. The data you enter, right from your address to bank account or payment details for net banking, is being put at the risk of being […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is working on a feature that will let users keep disappearing messages even after their expiration. According to WABetaInfo report, the disappearing messages can be viewed within chat info in a new section called ‘Kept messages’, and all people in the conversation can open this section. When disappearing messages are […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will soon display past participants of group chat on the iOS platform. WhatsApp is working on letting users silently leave groups without notifying other group participants, except group admins. But all group members will still be able to see who leaves the group […]
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Jakarta: The Indonesian authorities are set to block social media applications and online sites including Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp in several days if they fail to register with the country’s Ministry of Communications and Informatics. The digital giants are given time until Wednesday to complete the registration for licensing. Otherwise, the ministry will name them […]
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Hyderabad: Fraudsters always seem to be keeping a close eye on the latest fad and staying abreast with emerging trends. Given the heavy reliance on WhatsApp to stay in touch with each other among families and friends, and also for sharing information and inputs in the official and professional sphere, criminals thriving in the cyberworld […]
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Meta-owned WhatsApp has recently found some fake versions of the application and therefore issued a strict warning to its users and requested them to not download and use such fake apps. According to Will Cathcart, the CEO of WhatsApp, users should not download these modified versions of WhatsApp since doing it might result in serious […]
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Hyderabad: A government official working with the Horticulture Department was duped of Rs.23.1 lakh allegedly in the guise of investment in a gold trading scheme in an online app in LB Nagar. The 30-year-old complainant from Chandrapuri Colony in Mansoorabad is currently posted at Nalgonda District. Police said the official was recently added by unidentified […]
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Hyderabad: From bank account details to QR Codes, and now even power bills, cunning fraudsters are turning everything they can into fodder to swindle people of their money. Recent cases in the city show that fraudsters are contacting customers posing as employees of the Electricity Board and duping them on the pretext of clearing pending […]
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Khammam: With torrential rains in upper catchment area and releasing of water from upstream projects water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in Kothagudem district has been rising steadily. Central Water Commission lower Godavari division has released an advisory forecast stating that the water in the river might reach the first warning level of 43 […]
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Hyderabad: A woman and her child died when a sidewall of their house collapsed on them at Padmanagar in Nalgonda and life was thrown out of gear at many places following heavy rains across the State on Friday. More is in store as the Met department forecast says heavy to very heavy rains are likely […]
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Peddapalli: In a bid to ensure cleanliness of the town, civic authorities have come up with an innovative idea and launched a programme named “Photo Kottu Gift Pattu” (capture photo and win a gift). The authorities have promised to give Rs 500 reward to civilians, who would capture the photos of the people who dump […]
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Hyderabad: A man, who allegedly harassed his cousin by sending abusive and derogatory comments on WhatsApp, was arrested by the Rachakonda Cybercrime police here on Wednesday. The arrested person was V Chandra Shekar (28), a construction worker from Yacharam in Ranga Reddy district. Police said Chandra Shekar, who has a habit of watching sexually explicit […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad City Police on Tuesday arrested 14 persons allegedly involved in different cyber fraud cases in the city. In the first case, the police caught 11 persons, including four women, who allegedly duped people on the pretext of redeeming reward points of the credit card of a bank. Gang members had called up […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a feature that will give iOS users the ability to hide their online status from everyone. According to WABetaInfo, this feature will come in a future update as it is under development so it cannot be released to beta testers since it is not ready. As of now, users […]
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New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said that it banned over 19 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of May in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. The platform had banned over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in April. The company also received 528 grievance reports in May within the country, […]
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Idukki: A 434 metre long letter weighing 5 kilograms was how a Kerala woman placated her younger brother for forgetting to wish him on International Brothers Day this year after he stopped taking her calls and even blocked her on Whatsapp. Realising how hurt her younger sibling, a fourth year engineering student, must have been […]