Discover how credit card validation codes work and protect against fraud. Learn about their placement, security role, and examples to secure online transactions.

With a SIM-swapping attack, scammers hijack your phone number to gain access to apps on your phone—including banking apps.

Telecom Identifier User Entities (TIUEs) must integrate the mobile number revocation list (MNRL) with their information technology systems, and deactivate the accounts of users whose numbers are in ...

Within hours of the government announcing that Sanchar Saathi would not be mandatory on new smartphones, digital rights campaigner Nikhil Pahwa who was also associated with the Internet Freedom ...

In a sweeping regulatory move, the Indian government has directed popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Snapchat, ShareChat, JioChat, Arattai, and Josh to tie user access strictly to ...

The Telecommunication Cyber Security Amendment Rules, 2025, added a framework, namely, the Mobile Number Validation platform, to curb mule accounts and identity fraud from unverified linkages of ...

DoT cancelled a mistakenly republished notification issued on 29 October, but affirmed that the amended 2025 cybersecurity rules remain valid. The amendment introduces a central Mobile Number ...

Apple is making progress on the development of the book-style foldable iPhone expected in 2026, according to a report from Chinese site UDN. The device has reportedly entered the engineering ...

Good news for Aadhaar users! The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has further eased the process to update one’s mobile number. Updating mobile number in Aadhaar used to be a big ...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has revised its earlier proposal on consent-based sharing of mobile subscribers’ KYC data, saying the policy environment has evolved to make such a ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has occasionally suggested that the company might produce a mobile phone, but Tesla has never announced such a product. A rumor circulated online in September 2025 claiming that ...