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What Is an E-Passport? Benefits, Features and How to Apply in India
An e-passport is a modern version of the traditional passport, equipped with a contactless chip that securely stores personal and biometric details such as a digital photo, fingerprints or iris scans. This technology improves identity verification and reduces fraud. E-passports allow faster processing at airports through automated e-gates and provi...
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Researchers Expose Shocking Vulnerabilities in Satellite Communications
Researchers using basic satellite equipment intercepted thousands of unencrypted transmissions from space, exposing sensitive data such as corporate communications, text messages, and even government links. The study highlights major security flaws in satellite networks used worldwide. Experts warn the findings reveal how easily hackers could explo...
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Microsoft Discovers Vulnerability That Lets Hackers See ChatGPT and Gemini’s Conversation Topics
Microsoft has discovered a new vulnerability, called Whisper Leak, that reportedly affects most server-based AI chatbots, including ChatGPT and Gemini. The flaw enables attackers to infer conversation topics through side-channel attacks by analysing encrypted network traffic metadata. Microsoft says it worked with vendors like OpenAI, Mistral, and ...
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How to Use Biometric Authentication for UPI Payments in India: A Step-by-Step Guide
NPCI and RBI announced biometric and wearable glass-based authentication for UPI in India. Users can now verify payments via fingerprint or face unlock instead of a PIN, with Aadhaar-linked data and an initial Rs. 5,000 limit. The system aims to enhance convenience and security, especially for seniors. However, experts caution against accidental pa...
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UK Scraps Demand for Apple ‘Backdoor’ After Pressure From US
US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Monday that British authorities had rescinded an order asking the company to circumvent encryption to help them pursue certain national security and criminal investigations.
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Weak Password Triggers Collapse Of 158-Year-Old UK Company, 700 People Left Jobless
The hackers gained unauthorised access to KNP's system, encrypting its data and restricting staff access to crucial business information.
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Samsung Fixes Major Security Flaw in Secure Folder With One UI 8 Release: Report
Samsung’s Secure Folder reportedly had a major security flaw that nullified the functionality of the feature. However, as per the report, the South Korean tech giant has now fixed the bug, making it truly secure. The Secure Folder reportedly allowed anyone to check the stored apps, folders, and files if a user had a separate work profile on the d...
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All About Bitchat, Jack Dorsey's Messaging App That Works Without Internet
Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter co-founder and CEO of Block, has launched a new messaging app, Bitchat. It's making noise in the tech world for all the right reasons.
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Iran Asks Citizens To Delete WhatsApp, Cites Israel Link. Company Responds
Iranian state television on Tuesday afternoon urged people to remove WhatsApp from their smartphones, alleging without specific evidence that the messaging app gathered user information to send to Israel.
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Apple Appealing Against UK 'Back Door' Order, Tribunal Confirms
Apple is appealing against a British government order to create a "back door" to its encrypted cloud storage systems. Apple believes that once created, this o-called backdoor could be exploited by hackers in addition to governments, a sentiment echoed by security experts.
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FM Claims Access to WhatsApp Messages Led to Seizure of Crypto Worth Rs. 90 Crore
This week in Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that encrypted communication channels are being misused for financial crimes like money laundering and tax evasion. She revealed that authorities were able to seize over Rs. 90 crores in crypto assets from a syndicate thanks to access to WhatsApp messages.
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UK, US Said to Hold Talks in Bid to Resolve Apple Encryption Feud
British officials privately met with US counterparts to address concerns about the UK pressuring Apple Inc. to create a backdoor for accessing Americans' encrypted data. These talks followed Apple's removal of its advanced encryption feature for cloud data in the UK, following a directive by authorities there requesting encryption circumvention to ...
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Apple Appeals to Overturn UK Order to Remove Advanced Data Protection: Report
Apple has appealed a British government order to create a "back door" in its most secure cloud storage systems. FT said Apple appealed against the order last month around the same time as it withdrew ADP from the UK, rather than comply with the technical capability notice it received from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in January.
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US Examining Whether UK's Encryption Demand on Apple Broke Data Treaty
In a letter dated February 25 to two US lawmakers, Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence, said the US is examining whether the UK government had violated the CLOUD Act, which bars it from issuing demands for the data of US citizens and vice versa.
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Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection Feature in UK Amid Government Demands
Apple is scrapping its most advanced security encryption feature for cloud data in Britain. The move means iCloud backups in Britain will no longer have that level of encryption, allowing Apple to access in certain cases user data that it otherwise could not, such as copies of iMessages, and hand it over to authorities if legally compelled. With en...
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What Is an E-Passport? Benefits, Features and How to Apply in India
An e-passport is a modern version of the traditional passport, equipped with a contactless chip that securely stores personal and biometric details such as a digital photo, fingerprints or iris scans. This technology improves identity verification and reduces fraud. E-passports allow faster processing at airports through automated e-gates and provi...
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Researchers Expose Shocking Vulnerabilities in Satellite Communications
Researchers using basic satellite equipment intercepted thousands of unencrypted transmissions from space, exposing sensitive data such as corporate communications, text messages, and even government links. The study highlights major security flaws in satellite networks used worldwide. Experts warn the findings reveal how easily hackers could explo...
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Microsoft Discovers Vulnerability That Lets Hackers See ChatGPT and Gemini’s Conversation Topics
Microsoft has discovered a new vulnerability, called Whisper Leak, that reportedly affects most server-based AI chatbots, including ChatGPT and Gemini. The flaw enables attackers to infer conversation topics through side-channel attacks by analysing encrypted network traffic metadata. Microsoft says it worked with vendors like OpenAI, Mistral, and ...
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How to Use Biometric Authentication for UPI Payments in India: A Step-by-Step Guide
NPCI and RBI announced biometric and wearable glass-based authentication for UPI in India. Users can now verify payments via fingerprint or face unlock instead of a PIN, with Aadhaar-linked data and an initial Rs. 5,000 limit. The system aims to enhance convenience and security, especially for seniors. However, experts caution against accidental pa...
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UK Scraps Demand for Apple ‘Backdoor’ After Pressure From US
US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Monday that British authorities had rescinded an order asking the company to circumvent encryption to help them pursue certain national security and criminal investigations.
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Weak Password Triggers Collapse Of 158-Year-Old UK Company, 700 People Left Jobless
The hackers gained unauthorised access to KNP's system, encrypting its data and restricting staff access to crucial business information.
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Samsung Fixes Major Security Flaw in Secure Folder With One UI 8 Release: Report
Samsung’s Secure Folder reportedly had a major security flaw that nullified the functionality of the feature. However, as per the report, the South Korean tech giant has now fixed the bug, making it truly secure. The Secure Folder reportedly allowed anyone to check the stored apps, folders, and files if a user had a separate work profile on the d...
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All About Bitchat, Jack Dorsey's Messaging App That Works Without Internet
Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter co-founder and CEO of Block, has launched a new messaging app, Bitchat. It's making noise in the tech world for all the right reasons.
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Iran Asks Citizens To Delete WhatsApp, Cites Israel Link. Company Responds
Iranian state television on Tuesday afternoon urged people to remove WhatsApp from their smartphones, alleging without specific evidence that the messaging app gathered user information to send to Israel.
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Apple Appealing Against UK 'Back Door' Order, Tribunal Confirms
Apple is appealing against a British government order to create a "back door" to its encrypted cloud storage systems. Apple believes that once created, this o-called backdoor could be exploited by hackers in addition to governments, a sentiment echoed by security experts.
-
FM Claims Access to WhatsApp Messages Led to Seizure of Crypto Worth Rs. 90 Crore
This week in Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that encrypted communication channels are being misused for financial crimes like money laundering and tax evasion. She revealed that authorities were able to seize over Rs. 90 crores in crypto assets from a syndicate thanks to access to WhatsApp messages.
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UK, US Said to Hold Talks in Bid to Resolve Apple Encryption Feud
British officials privately met with US counterparts to address concerns about the UK pressuring Apple Inc. to create a backdoor for accessing Americans' encrypted data. These talks followed Apple's removal of its advanced encryption feature for cloud data in the UK, following a directive by authorities there requesting encryption circumvention to ...
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Apple Appeals to Overturn UK Order to Remove Advanced Data Protection: Report
Apple has appealed a British government order to create a "back door" in its most secure cloud storage systems. FT said Apple appealed against the order last month around the same time as it withdrew ADP from the UK, rather than comply with the technical capability notice it received from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in January.
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US Examining Whether UK's Encryption Demand on Apple Broke Data Treaty
In a letter dated February 25 to two US lawmakers, Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence, said the US is examining whether the UK government had violated the CLOUD Act, which bars it from issuing demands for the data of US citizens and vice versa.
-
Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection Feature in UK Amid Government Demands
Apple is scrapping its most advanced security encryption feature for cloud data in Britain. The move means iCloud backups in Britain will no longer have that level of encryption, allowing Apple to access in certain cases user data that it otherwise could not, such as copies of iMessages, and hand it over to authorities if legally compelled. With en...
