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How to avoid WhatsApp viruses, scams and hoaxes : New WhatsApp scam downloading malware and stealing personal information      Now free for all, there's no excuse to fall for any of the numerous WhatsApp charging hoaxes. But now there's a new, more serious threat as a WhatsApp scam looks to install malware that can steal your personal information. Here are some of the WhatsApp scams you should delete and forget.How to avoid WhatsApp viruses, scams and hoaxes.      WhatsApp malware threatens to steal personal information The most recent WhatsApp scam to come to our attention hopes to trick the user into opening a legitimate-looking Word, Excel or PDF document attached to a WhatsApp message that will actually download malware to their device that can steal their personal information. All reports so far originate from India, and apparently use the names of the  NDA (National Defence Academy) and NIA (National Inves...

Apple rumoured to launch three iPads including a new 10.5 inch model in March. A pple could be launching its next set of iPads pretty soon, but if rumours are anything to go by, it will come in three different sizes. pple could be launching its next set of iPads pretty soon, but if rumours are anything to go by, it will come in three different sizes. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted the Cupertino giant will be launching three iPad variants this March -- the successor to biggest 12.9 inch iPad Pro, the successor to 9.7 inch iPad and a newly-designed 10-inch or 10.5-inch iPad. Changes to iPad's have been rumoured since long. In November, information leaked on a Japanese blog revealed that Apple will remove the physical home button from its iPad and the bezel beside it to gain screen size. This will allow Apple to sell a bigger screen iPad with screen size to the tune of 10.9 inches but made having the form factor of its 9.7-inch variant. The pred...

Nokia Android Phones Tipped to Get a Personal Assistant Named 'Viki': Report HMD Global launched its first Nokia Android smartphone - the Nokia 6 - on Sunday and now news reports are suggesting that the company might be working on its own text and voice-based virtual assistant named 'Viki'. If the reports turn out to be true, Nokia will join the likes of Google, Apple, and Microsoft who already have their own virtual assistants in the form of Google Assistant, Siri, and Cortana respectively. The company has recently filed for a trademark in the European Union for the name "Viki", which appears to be a digital assistant from the description, as per a report by MSPowerUser (via GSMInfo.nl ). In the description associated with the service under the name, the company said, "Software for the creation and monitoring of mobile and Web digital assistants working with knowledge and combining all data sources into a single chat and v...

Netgear launches Bug Bounty Program for Hacker; Offering up to $15,000 in Rewards            Netgear launched on Thursday a bug bounty program to offer up to $15,000 in rewards to hackers who will find security flaws in its products. Since criminals have taken aim at a rapidly growing threat surface created by millions of new Internet of things (IoT) devices, it has become crucial to protect routers that contain the keys to the kingdom that connects the outside world to the IP networks that run these connected devices. To combat this issue, Netgear, one of the biggest networking equipment providers in the world, has launched a bug bounty program focusing on its products, particularly routers, wireless security cameras and mesh Wi-Fi systems. Bug bounty programs are cash rewards given by companies or organizations to white hat hackers and researchers who hunt for serious security vulnerabilitie...

Take risks, follow passions: Sundar Pichai KHARAGPUR: Nearly 25 years ago, he was here as a student, pursuing a BTech in metallurgy . On Thursday, he went back to his alma mater as an old boy... and CEO of Google . Sundar Pichai left IIT Kharagpur in 1993. When he came back, students staying at the B wing on the third floor of Nehru Hall, Pichai's hostel, relived the Google CEO's college days as he remembered his "wingies" (wing mates) and visited his old room: room B 308. Pichai arrived at the hostel on Thursday to find the eight residents of the wing waiting for him. The student who now lives in his old room, however, was still not back from vacation. "Nehru ka tempo high hai," the boarders cheered. As a former boarder of the hostel, the words must have been familiar. He went up to the third floor, where Harsheel Singh from room B 309, along with seven other wing mates, met him in front of his old room. "He aske...