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In the early hours of Saturday, October 7th, terror struck Be'eri Kibbutz near the Gaza border, shattering the tranquillity of this close-knit community. What began as a seemingly ordinary day swiftly turned into a nightmare as Hamas militants infiltrated the kibbutz, leaving the residents trapped in their homes, frantically communicating their fear, desperation, and pleas for help through a WhatsApp group chat shared with the BBC. CORRECTION / Mourners duck for cover upon hearing sirens warning of incoming rockets during the funeral of Tom Godo, killed during the attack by Palestinian Hamas militants on the Kibbutz Kisuffim last week, in Kibbutz Naan near Tel Aviv on October 13, 2023. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants entered Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip on October 8.(AFP) The incident began with a message: "We have a terrorist on the stairs. Call someone." The mothers on the Be'eri mothers' WhatsApp group found themselves at the epicentre of a day-long rampage, documenting their horror, confusion, and efforts to survive as Hamas gunmen roamed the streets, setting homes ablaze and taking hostages. Inside their

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A comprehensive redesign of the user interface is in the cards Summary Meta is giving WhatsApp's interface a much-needed overhaul, with a new design that integrates all the app's features seamlessly. The redesigned UI includes changes to the navigation bar, color schemes, and the floating action button for a fresh look. These UI changes are being slowly rolled out to beta testers, with the possibility of gradual implementation in future updates. Meta has spent the better part of this year adding new features to WhatsApp, so the messaging app stays abreast with the other top chat apps on Android. The UI has also changed significantly to make room for the new features. Now, Meta is finally giving the interface a much-needed overhaul, so every feature feels like a natural fit instead of an add-on. This UI has begun showing up for a few beta testers. In the last few months, WhatsApp announced competitive new features like Communities and Channels, which were quietly integrated into the current UI. However, WhatsApp on Android has looked the same on Android for many years now, although it stays up to date with Google’s Material Design guidelines for Android apps. The latest design definitions are

They said the probes by The Washington Post show that Meta and YouTube are “culpable of abetting social disharmony and inciting communal hatred in India”. Listen to this article WhatsApp, FB inciting communal hatred: INDIA bloc writes to Zuckerberg, Pichai x Accusing Facebook and YouTube of “abetting social disharmony” and “inciting communal hatred in India” besides suppression of content put out by Opposition leaders, the top leadership of the INDIA bloc has written to these platforms asking them to ensure that their operations in India remain “neutral” and are not used to cause “social unrest” in view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. In a strongly worded letter to Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet Inc chief executive Sundar Pichai, INDIA bloc leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Akhilesh Yadav said “such blatant partisanship and bias towards one political formation by a private foreign company is tantamount to interfering in India’s democracy”.The leaders drew Zuckerberg and Pichai’s attention to articles published by The Washington Post recently on the “role of WhatsApp and Facebook in aiding the communal hatred campaign of ruling BJP” and role of “YouTube in propagating communal hatred and dividing Indian society”.

WhatsApp says the viral claim of a cyberattack amid the Israel-Hamas war is false. It’s similar to other hoaxes that circulated online before the war began. As the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, misinformation is flooding social media. VERIFY has fact-checked multiple false and misleading claims and images that have spread online since the war began. On Oct. 7, a post on X warned of a cyberattack tied to the war on the Meta-owned messaging app WhatsApp. Other X users have shared the same message in multiple languages. It also has been circulating on Facebook. The full text of the chain message reads: “Warning coming out of Israel re cyber attacks: Some people are going to upload pictures of the fighting in Jewish settlements on WhatsApp The file is called Seismic Waves CARD. Do not open it, it will hack your phone in 10 seconds and cannot be stopped in any way. Pass the information on to family and friends. They talked about it on TV. A cyber attack on us from all kinds of directions is also starting.” THE QUESTION Are warnings about a WhatsApp cyberattack linked to Israel-Hamas war images legitimate? THE SOURCES WhatsApp, a messaging app owned by MetaWhatsApp

If you’ve been paying attention to WhatsApp’s updates over the past year, you’re probably aware of Locked Chats – the app’s answer to hipsters, cheaters, or those who are a little too paranoid. WhatsApp followed it up with an update that would station some extra security outside the chats in the form of biometric credentials, PINs or passwords. Great, right? Wrong. The change only allowed users to use their devices’s local PINs or passwords, turning away anyone looking for something a bit more personal to WhatsApp. It only took four months, but WhatsApp finally got around to custom passwords. At least, that’s what the folks over at WABetaInfo had to say (who else?). WhatsApp’s got this update on lock WABetaInfo first spotted the feature in the Android 2.23.21.9 beta update. Don’t bother attempting to get in – it’s a VIP club and WhatsApp isn’t looking for any new members. Anyone trying to get into WABetaInfo’s Locked Chats would need to know the super-secret password before being allowed entry. The update also offers a simpler way of finding your locked chats by typing in your secret code in the search bar, if scrolling through your chats was such a hassle before. We

Application security, Threat IntelligenceSC StaffOctober 10, 2023NBC News reports that WhatsApp has repudiated messages forwarded on its platform warning about phone hacking attacks aimed at Jewish people. Such a warning, shared by cryptocurrency influencer Scott Melker on X, formerly Twitter, purported that a file dubbed "Seismic Waves CARD" is being spread by threat actors to facilitate mobile device compromise, but WhatsApp Communications Manager Emily Westcott noted the rumor to be baseless. Fraudulent "seismic waves" hacking messages used just weeks ago amid the Moroccan earthquakes were also dismissed by WhatsApp. The most recent hoax threat is part of intensified disinformation and misinformation efforts on social media sites amid the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian military group Hamas, with old videos depicted as from the ongoing conflict being circulated on X gaining hundreds of thousands of views. Also spread on X was a fake press release from the White House purporting emergency aid totaling $8 million to Israel.RelatedMalicious Python packages proliferateSC StaffOctober 5, 2023BleepingComputer reports that information- and cryptocurrency-stealing malware were discovered across 272 Python packages with nearly 75,000 downloads that are part of a malicious campaign that has been increasingly sophisticated during the last six months.Open-source library zero-days addressed by

A screenshot of a fake resignation letter bearing the forged signature of a chief minister has triggered a legal battle in Tripura and prompted the state police to use a little-known provision of India’s information technology law to try and pierce social media giant WhatsApp’s encryption shield and force the behemoth to give up the origin of the viral message. In its petition in the high court, WhatsApp cited a May 26, 2021 press release by the Union IT ministry that said the “originator of information can only be traced in a scenario where other remedies have proven to be ineffective, making the same a last resort measure”. (Reuters) The controversial Rule 4(2) of the 2021 Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, which are under the IT Act, allows the identification of the “first originator” of a message if the request is backed by a judicial order in cases involving serious crimes like rape or threats to national security. Also read: Amended IT rules not meant to curb free speech, criticism: Centre to HC This provision — known colloquially as the traceability rule — was invoked by the Tripura Police in May this year when it

META has been paying celebrities millions to be the faces of its new AI chatbots. Last month, Meta began rolling out its AI chatbot assistant across its apps, including WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram. 1Meta has been paying celebrities millions to be the faces of its new AI chatbotsCredit: Meta The aim of the chatbots is to enhance the user experience on Meta-owned apps. The AI-powered tool functions similarly to OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard. This includes having one-on-one conversations, answering questions, and even offering travel recommendations. Moreover, Meta's AI tools feature different personalities – some of which belong to famous celebrities. Read more on Meta These celebrities include reality television star Kendall Jenner, pro football player Tom Brady, and YouTuber MrBeast. Kendall Jenner's likeness is used for one AI assistant named Billie, meanwhile, Tom Brady portrays a chatbot named Bru. However, the celebrities' likenesses don't come cheap, costing Meta millions. In fact, the tech giant has dished out as much as $5million to one celebrity for just six hours of work, according to The Information. Most read in News Tech In an interview earlier this fall, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said there's a huge need for AI celebrities. "It'll be clear to people that they're not interacting with the physical

As most of you know, WhatsApp allows you to lock a chat using a passcode or biometrics. Once you lock a chat, the app moves it from the Chats section to the Locked Chats folder for added privacy. To access this folder, you have to swipe down on the Chats screen, click on Locked Chats, and authenticate your identity by providing the passcode or biometrics. Well, according to a new leak, WhatsApp will soon allow you to find locked chats by typing a secret code in the search bar of the app. Type the secret code in the search bar to find locked chats The new feature was spotted by WABetaInfo in the latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android (v2.23.21.9). The publication has also shared a screenshot of the secret code feature, giving us an idea about how it would work. According to it, a secret code can be a word or even an emoji. From what we could understand, once you create a secret code, you can then type it in the search bar of the app, and it will show you all the locked chats. Currently, there’s no information if typing the secret code will just show