Google and Apple removes TikTok from App Stores in India
Google and Apple has removed the Chinese video app Tiktok from their App Stores, a day after Indian Government urged the companies to do...
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Indian Government asks Apple and Google to remove TikTok from App Stores
The government of India has asked Google and Apple to remove the Chinese short-video sharing application TikTok from their app stores. India’s Ministry of...
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Google Makes it Tough for Rogue App Developers Get Back on Android Play Store
Even after Google’s security oversight over its already-huge Android ecosystem has evolved over the years, malware apps still keep coming back to Google Play...
Pre-Installed Antivirus App on Xiaomi Phones Causes Hacks
A pre-installed antivirus app on Xiaomi phones could end up causing hacking attacks, researchers have found. Researchers at security firm Check Point have discovered...
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Unpatched Flaw in Xiaomi’s Built-in Browser App Lets Hackers Spoof URLs
EXCLUSIVE — Beware, if you are using a Xiaomi’s Mi or Redmi smartphone, you should immediately stop using its built-in MI browser or the...
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Hackers Could Turn Pre-Installed Antivirus App on Xiaomi Phones Into Malware
What could be worse than this, if the software that’s meant to protect your devices leave backdoors open for hackers or turn into malware?...
Vulnerability found in Xiaomi phones’ pre-installed security app
Xiaomi has patched a security flaw in Guard Provider, the default security app included with all recent Xiaomi smartphones. The vulnerability would have allowed...
XLoader Trojan Poses as Security App for Android
A new variant of the XLoader Trojan is targeting Android devices by posing as a security application, and also attempts to infect iPhones and...
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WordPress iOS App Bug Leaked Secret Access Tokens to Third-Party Sites
If you have a “private” blog with WordPress.com and are using its official iOS app to create or edit posts and pages, the secret...
Indian students create an app for detecting fake news
A team of Indian students from Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi has developed an app WhatsFarzi for verifying a piece of fake...