WhatsApp, one of the most popular online calling apps, has been exposed by a group of researchers who identified how app’s internal protocol is storing call duration and personal information of the participants. Though, WhatsApp has never claimed itself to be an anonymous calling service but this new research has unveiled new information on how […]
Over the past few months, TrueCaller has helped us in tracing the mobile number well ahead in advance, before picking up the phone. Yes, it is of great use and when we get spam call notification, we can disconnect the call or just don’t pickup. How TrueCaller guess who is calling? When some smart phone user install TrueCaller app on […]
With the increased intrusion of technology, the threats of security breaches into out internet-governed lives have increased manifold. Each day we get tons of spam messages, emails and phone calls from the phishing attackers who want to penetrate your accounts and personal information. Talking on the same line, today I’m going to tell you about […]
Tor users will now have to enter their phone number in order to make a new account on Twitter. Last week, Twitter announced its plans to start tracking bothersome users through their mobile numbers. To implement these changes, the social networking website is pushing Tor users, an anonymous web browser, to provide their phone number […]
Hackers have published what they claim is a database of 4.6 million Snapchat users, with phone numbers matched to usernames, which is searchable online now. The hack could be a huge blow to the ‘discreet’ photo-message service.
Emerging photo messaging application Snapchat has been hacked, as a result unknown hackers have leaked and published personal information including usernames and phone numbers of about 4 Million plus users online. Hackers published the hacked data on a website SnapchatDB. The TechChurch reported that hackers at SnapchatDB accessed the data by exploiting a vulnerability which has been […]
A new ransomware family is targeting Android devices, locking access to the screen, and constantly pestering the user to enter his payment card details. According to Fortinet researcher Kai Lu, the one who discovered this new threat, the ransomware appears to be targeting only Russian-speaking users, as its ransom note is only available in Russian. […]
Short Bytes: The IMEI, or International Mobile Station Equipment Identity, is a unique number which is associated with your phone. The IMEI number becomes very important in the emergency situations as it’s the fingerprint of your phone. Here, I’ll be telling you various methods to find your phone’s IMEI number, even if it’s lost. The […]
There’s a lot more to phone scams than tech support, giving rise to an escalating number of complaints. Here’s what two recent reports tell us.