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Scamming the scammers: AI chatbots can help fight against phone scams

Macquarie University cyber security experts have created a multilingual chatbot designed to keep scammers on long fake calls

Tinder removes 5 mn spam, bot accounts in Q1 to combat online fraudsters

In an effort to combat online fraudsters, dating app Tinder and its parent company Match Group said that it has blocked nearly five million spam and bot accounts in the first quarter of 2023

WhatsApp's new security centre page to be available in 10 Indian languages

The page has been created to spread awareness about the various safety measures that are available along with the in-built product features which will empower users to take control of their safety

TRAI gives companies 2 weeks to verify templates for sending commercial SMS

Earlier this year, TRAI noticed that some of the registered headers and templates were being misused by telemarketers and directed the entities to re-verify them

Tired of WhatsApp spam calls? Here's some good news

Trai's DCA platform for stemming out spam, pesky calls in next 2-3 months

The DCA will accelerate the process of getting consumer consent on the distributed ledger technology platform (DLT) mandated by Trai

Google to discontinue spam backdoor for political campaign groups

Google plans to discontinue a pilot programme that let some political campaign emails bypass spam filters in Gmail at the end of this month, the media reported

Google Voice adds 'suspected spam caller' to warn users about spam calls

This feature does not have admin control and is available to all Google Voice users

Microsoft rolls out new feature to its MFA app, prevents spam attacks

Microsoft has rolled out a new feature to its multi-factor authentication (MFA) app, Microsoft Authenticator, to prevent spam attacks

How WhatsApp is turning into a spammer's paradise?

WhatsApp was hit with a major outage recently. Off late, the platform has also become a paradise of sorts for spammers. Here's more about this growing menace

Inbox irritant: Spam, promotional messages flood WhatsApp user accounts

Businesses see it as a way to connect with customers; parent firm says there are easy ways to block an account

Spam messages, once a menace on SMS platforms are now all over WhatsApp

According to the latest survey by LocalCircles, 95% of Indians said that they receive spam or promotional messages on WhatsApp every day

Twitter paid whistle-blower $7 million to silence him, says Musk's lawyer

The payment was mentioned in passing at a Sept. 6 hearing in the lawsuit between Twitter and Musk over his attempts to cancel a $44 billion purchase of the company

Whistleblower never flagged spam, Twitter tells judge in buyout case

None of former security head Peiter Zatko's questions "had anything to do with spam" until he filed his whistler-blower complaint, Twitter said

How Truecaller is using AI assistant to help you attend, or drop calls

Considering the number of reports on spam calls in India, a voice assistant to filter them will be a huge step

Elon Musk files defence under seal as Twitter trial is set for Oct 17

Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk over a canceled $44 billion buyout of the social-media platform is set for a 5-day trial starting Oct 17 in Delaware

Musk hints at paying less than $44 bn for Twitter amid row over spam bots

On Friday Musk tweeted that his plan to buy Twitter was placed on temporary hold as he tried to pinpoint the number of fake accounts on the social media platform

Musk's team now gets busy counting fake, spammy accounts on Twitter

He tweeted: "To find out, my team will do a random sample of 100 followers of @twitter. I invite others to repeat the same process and see what they discover"

TMS Ep163: Indian unicorns, real estate recovery, US Fed Policy, spam bot

How sustainable are Indian unicorns? Will a rise in input cost and interest rates hit real estate recovery? What are the markets expecting from US Fed Policy? What is a spam bot? All answers here

Elon Musk wants to get rid of Twitter spam bots. What are they?

Elon Musk is set to take charge of Twitter headquarters at San Francisco. One of the things that irked him on the social media platform is spam bots, which he promised to stamp out. Let us know more