Hackers exploit WhatsApp device-linking feature to hijack accounts

Hackers can hijack WhatsApp accounts without ever cracking passwords or encryptionGhostPairing attacks exploit legitimate ...
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WhatsApp ghostpairing scam explained: How hackers hijack accounts without passwords

New WhatsApp Scam Cybersecurity researchers have identified a sophisticated scam called GhostPairing that targets WhatsApp ...

Explained: What the new Aadhaar rules mean for face authentication and user consent

The Centre’s newly notified Aadhaar rules formally clear the use of face authentication while tightening consent and purpose-limitation requirements, in line with the recently-implemented Digital ...
NDTV

4 Labour Codes Come Into Effect, Social Security Extended To All Workers

The Codes have defined 'Gig work', 'Platform work', and 'Aggregators' for the first time. In a landmark overhaul of labour laws, the government on Friday notified all four Labour Codes, ushering in ...
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Online privacy concerns as under-16 social media ban comes into effect

In the lead-up to Australia's under-16 social media ban, the tech company that popular messaging app Snapchat is using for age verification, k-ID, claims its methods are safe. But cybersecurity ...
KOMU

Missouri's age verification requirement for explicit sites goes into effect

Missouri's rule requiring pornographic websites to verify users' ages went into effect Sunday. A news release from Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said that within hours of the rule taking ...
Reuters

US agency will charge $45 fee for air passengers without REAL IDs

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Monday it will begin charging air travelers $45 on February 1 if their IDs do not meet stricter federal standards, ...