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The Indian Government has suggested that amendments to the Information Technology (IT) Act should be made to curb the spreading of fake news in the country. As per a report by The Times Of India, the government plans to make changes to the IT rules to charge penalty and pull down websites, causing the dissemination […]
This tool focuses on exposing the sites that generate misinformation. It is easier to expose those who generate misinformation than to speak out against each of their lies. This is the new approach by MIT cybersecurity and digital forensics experts who incorporated several features into a data set and then designed an algorithm to identify fake news. This project could help combat a […]
A new vulnerability has surfaced in WhatsApp’s encryption method that allows attackers to alter messages and user identities in group chats. This could prove devastating as attackers could potentially harm people sending false texts. We have already seen how fake messages circulated on WhatsApp took several lives in India which forced the Facebook-owned company to […]
Spreading fake news through WhatsApp was never so easy before. According to the latest research from Check Point security firm, WhatsApp users are at the risk of getting their private chats and group conversations hacked and exploited. Researchers discovered a new wave of attacks that allow cybercriminals to penetrate your messages on WhatsApp. This penetration […]