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First 2026 cyber recap covering IoT exploits, wallet breaches, malicious extensions, phishing, malware, and early AI abuse.

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India has ordered smartphone companies to pre-install an anti-spam and phone-tracking app on all new devices within the next 90 days. The Sanchar Saathi app, launched in January, lets users lock down ...

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