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The Mark Zuckerberg-owned platform had moved the Delhi High Court, challenging the IT rules on the grounds that they violate the right to privacy and are unconstitutional.  

BRATA, which stands for Brazilian Remote Access Tool Android, first appeared in Brazil towards the end of 2018. According to the most recent report, the banking malware may now remotely access an Android device and steal money using banking apps. It allows attackers to remotely factory reset an Android smartphone following malicious activity if the bypass is successful.

The leaked Android 12 features come with screenshots with the new UI changes including a new notifications panel, rounded corners, new privacy features, and a new widget selection. Privacy settings also seem to have been changed in Android 12 which could allow a user to completely disable the camera, microphone, and location access. A new widget seems to be there in Android 12 which is called a ‘Conversations' widget that may show recent messages, missed calls, or activity statuses, the report states.

Twitter Inc said on Wednesday it has fixed a security issue that could allow hackers to access private Twitter data of some Android users, including messages. The microblogging site said it was not aware if the security issue was exploited by attackers. It added that it had updated Twitter`s Android app so that other apps cannot access its data.

The make-over gives developers and brands new tools to utilise touchscreen within "Assistant" itself.

The automatically downloaded content would be available alongside all of the downloaded content available for access anytime, even without an Internet connection.

The search engine giant plans to roll out the feature that supports text, images and stickers on the web, in the coming weeks.

The bug in the Google app on Android devices - especially OnePlus, Samsung, LG, and Huawei -- has left several users baffled.

Henceforth, users who reply to any Instagram post will find their response automatically grouped right underneath it in a thread.

In a tough challenge to team collaboration tool Slack, Facebook has announced to offer a version of Workplace for free.  

Post demonetization, India is expected to be a key target for cyber criminals using malware to attack point-of-sales (POS) devices and mobile wallets this year, security software firm F-Secure said today.

The updates include "Multi-Window View" with which users can use Yahoo Mail side-by-side with other apps.

Last month, Facebook announced that users can go live from the face-swapping MSQRD app and utilise different Snapchat-like masks and filters while the video is running.

Israeli software research company NorthBit claimed it had "properly" exploited the Android bug that was originally described as the "worst ever discovered", Wired.co.uk reported.

 Facebook has released an update of its News Feed so that content can be loaded faster on Android devices with slow connections.

Microsoft has combined its note taking app OneNote for the iPhone and iPad and added new features for Android devices.

Amazon.com Inc launched a new advertising platform for mobile app developers to promote their apps on Android devices, Bloomberg reported.

Opening up new vistas for the nearly 1.6 million strong developers community in India, which is the second largest in the world after the US, Microsoft has unveiled a set of software development kits (SDKs) to help them bring their code for the Web, .NET, Win32, Android and iOS to Windows 10.

Dropbox, the popular online file storing system, said on Tuesday it has fixed a security flaw that could have allowed hackers to capture data stored in its service on Android devices via compromised third-party apps. 

The new feature, dubbed Secure Work Space allows BlackBerry`s clients to control mobile devices on their internal networks.