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The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said on Wednesday (18 April) that it has received reports regarding WhatsApp accounts being taken over by scammers. Victims would first receive a WhatsApp message from one of their contacts, whose WhatsApp account might have been compromised, asking for WhatsApp verification codes that they have received via SMS to be forwarded to said contact. After sending the codes to the scammers, the victims would then lose access to their WhatsApp accounts. The SPF added that in a version of the scam seen overseas, the scammers would use the information obtained to deceive the victims’ contacts into purchasing gift cards and then sending over the password for said card. The gift cards would then be sold online. Members of the public have been advised to beware o

New Delhi: Amazon's Prime membership for a year is now available for free exclusively for Airtel customers. India's largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel, on Friday announced a partnership with e-commerce giant Amazon to offer one year of free Amazon Prime membership to its postpaid customers. Amazon Prime membership, which otherwise costs Rs 999 per year, includes free, faster delivery and access to unlimited streaming of movies, TV shows on Prime Video. The offer is only applicable to Airtel Postpaid customers on Infinity plans ranging from Rs 499, Rs 799 and Rs 1,199. Amazon's Prime Video streaming service has a vast catalogue including shows like The Grand Tour, Lethal Weapon: Season 1, Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse: Season 1, Seinfeld: Season 1, and Anger Management: Season 1.

Flipkart has set its eyes on April 17, as it plans to reveal an exclusive partnership with a tech giant. The e-commerce company’s CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy has appeared in a 30-second video via Flipkart’s Twitter account where he made a reference to a ‘Big new phone’ launch to happen on April 17 at 12 noon. But there’s more; Flipkart is also rumoured to announce a new value-added service on the same day. Flipkart has scheduled a press event in Delhi where the company will shed more light on the impending announcements. Although Flipkart has been mum about the two announcements, many believe the homegrown e-commerce player might struck a deal with either Huawei or Motorolafor their next smartphone. Chinese technology giant, which happens to be the world’s third-largest smartphone maker,

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday testified in front of the US Senate. When Zuckerberg was asked about Russia’s 2016 U.S. Presidential election, he said: “We were too slow to spot and respond to Russian interference, and we’re working hard to get better. Our sophistication in handling these threats is growing and improving quickly.” He added that Facebook is significantly increasing their investment in security. “We now have about 15,000 people working on security and content review. We’ll have more than 20,000 by the end of this year,” he added. The Facebook CEO apologized for what happened and took responsibility for everything. He also said that there is an online propaganda “arms race” with Russia and it was important to make sure no one interferes in any more elections includ

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is offering a special 11 nights/12 days Bharat Darshan tour package for Rs. 11,340 per adult- that is, nearly Rs. 1,000 per day per person. The "Bharat Darshan Special Tourist Train" will cover all the important tourist places in the country. "Thinking of a divine journey. Here is a golden opportunity to visit #Omkareshwer #Ujjain #Ahmedabad #Dwarka #Nageshwar #Somnath, #Trayambakeshwar #Shirdi #Bhimashankar #Grishneshwar in 11N/12D tour for Rs. 11340," IRCTC said on its official Twitter handle @IRCTCofficial. The Seven Jyotirling Yatra covers religious destinations like Omkareshwer, Ujjain and Ahmedabad among others, according to IRCTC's website, irctctourism.com. Details of IRCTC's 11 nights/12 days Bharat Darshan tour packag

Google has identified and blocked unauthorized digital certificates for a number of its domains issued by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) of India, a unit of India’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. National Informatics Center (NIC) holds several intermediate Certification Authority (CA) certs trusted by the Indian government’s top CA, Indian Controller of Certifying Authorities (India CCA), which are included in the Microsoft Root Store and so are trusted by a large number of applications running on Windows, including Internet Explorer and Chrome. The use of rogue digital certificates could result in a potentially serious security and privacy threat that could allow an attacker to spy on an encrypted communication between a user’s device and a secure HT

  The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) recently introduced new rules of booking Tatkal tickets or tickets that are booked at the last minute by those who want to travel on an urgent basis. IRCTC’s Tatkal ticket booking rules as they stand now: 1. AC Tatkal tickets booking will start from 10 am and non-AC ticket booking to begin at 11 am. You have to book the ticket a day before the travelling date. 2. If a train is more than three hours late, the passenger can claim complete refund of fare and Tatkal charges. 3. A passenger can claim a full refund if the train’s route is diverted and the passenger doesn’t want to travel on that route. 4. A passenger can claim refund on Tatkal tickets if the train’s route is diverted and the boarding station/destination