Tamil News – WhatsApp security flaw can allow anyone slide into Group chats-Maalaimalar.com

WhatsApp is one of the most widely used instant messaging services worldwide, and comes with end-to-end encryption that promises your conversations are safe. A group of researchers, however, have claimed that a security flaw can allow WhatsApp Group chats to be snooped.According to researchers, the security flaw can let anyone with control of servers of the instant messaging service add people to a WhatsApp Group chat without the permission of the admin of the group. We chose to analyse WhatsApp, because it is one of the most widely used instant messenger applications with more than one billion users, noted the paper on WhatsApp’s group messaging vulnerabilities.
“The confidentiality of the group is broken as soon as the uninvited member can obtain all the new messages and read them,” Wired cites Paul Rosler, who was one of the Ruhr University researchers who co-authored a paper on the group messaging vulnerabilities. “Only an administrator of a WhatsApp group can invite new members, but WhatsApp doesn’t use any authentication mechanism for that invitation that its own servers can’t spoof,” the paper said. So, the server can simply add a new member to a group with no interaction on the part of the administrator.
The smartphone of every participant in the group then automatically shares secret keys with that new member, giving him or her full access to any future messages, claimed the researchers. The described weaknesses in WhatsApp enables attacker, who controls the WhatsApp server, to break the transport layer security, to take full control over a group. Entering the group however leaves traces since this operation is listed in the graphical user interface.
“The WhatsApp server can therefore use the fact that it can stealthily reorder and drop messages in the group. Thereby it can cache sent messages to the group, read their content first and decide in which order they are delivered to the members. Additionally, the WhatsApp server can forward these messages to the members individually such that a subtly chosen combination of messages can help it to cover the traces,” the paper added.
Facebook’s Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos in no time responded to the WhatsApp vulnerability report and tweeted, “Read the Wired article today about WhatsApp – scary headline! But there is no [sic] a secret way into WhatsApp groups chats.” Stamos defended WhatsApp and said, “On WhatsApp, existing members of a group are notified when new people are added. WhatsApp is built so group messages cannot be send to hidden users and provides multiple ways for users to confirm who receives a message prior to it being sent.”
The company further claimed that it has looked at the vulnerability report following the researcher’s plan would necessitate a change to the way WhatsApp provides a popular feature called group invite links which are used millions of times per day. “In sum, the clear notifications and multiple ways of checking who is in your group prevents silent eavesdropping. The content of messages sent in WhatsApp groups remain protected by end-to-end encryption,” Stamos added.
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Tamil News – Vivo phone shows off first in-screen fingerprint scanner-Maalaimalar.com

Vivo announced its Under Display Fingerprint Scanning Solution called Vivo Under Display based on an ultrasonic sensor at the MWC 2017 Shanghai back in June. Today at the CES 2018 it showed off world’s first ready-to-produce in-display fingerprint scanning smartphone that uses an optical fingerprint sensor from Synaptics. This lets users unlock their smartphone through one-touch fingerprint scanning directly on the smartphone display. This doesn’t require a physical button for the fingerprint sensor and allows a true full-screen display and an integrated unibody design.Availability of Vivo’s first in-display fingerprint scanning smartphone will be announced in early 2018.
Commenting on the same, Alex Feng, Senior Vice President of Vivo, said:
“With our efforts in extensive consumer research and long-term R&D investment, Vivo is well positioned to pioneer the development of fingerprint scanning technology. We first presented a prototype of our fingerprint scanning solution at MWC Shanghai 2017 based on an ultrasonic sensor, and have remained committed to realizing our vision for future smartphones.
Today’s showcase of a ready-to-produce in-display fingerprint scanning smartphone featuring an optical fingerprint sensor is a big leap forward in bringing consumers this long-awaited, futuristic mobile experience. We are very excited to make it available to consumers soon.”
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Tamil News – Indian-origin actor Ansari wins Best Actor in TV Series at Golden Globes – Maalaimalar.com

Indian-origin actor Aziz Ansari finally took home the Golden Globe this year as he emerged winner in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Musical/Comedy category for his role in “The Master Of None”. The 34-year-old actor said he was elated on his first win at the annual awards as going by the websites he thought he had already lost the award this year too. “I genuinely didn’t think I would win as all the websites said I was gonna lose. Also, I am glad that we won this one. To lose two of these in a row would have been a really sh***y moment for me. But this is nice. The only reason my acting is good on the show is because everyone holds me up,” Ansari said in his acceptance speech. “I want to thank Italy for all the amazing food we ate on season two,” he joked. The actor also thanked his parents for their support. Ansari was nominated in the same category for the Netflix show “The Master of None” in 2016. He was up against Anthony Anderson of “Black-ish“, Kevin Bacon of “I Love Dick“, William H Macy of “Shameless” and “Will and Grace” star Eric McCormack.

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Tamil News -Innings win helps Australia to 4-0 Ashes triumph – Maalaimalar.com

Australia romped to an innings and 123-run victory over England after dismissing the tourists for 180 on the final day of the fifth Test on Monday to complete a 4-0 Ashes triumph that fell short of a whitewash but was little less emphatic. England captain Joe Root raced from his hospital bed, where he had been treated overnight for gastroenteritis, to try to rescue a face-saving draw but when he failed to reappear after lunch the die was cast for the tourists.
Australia’s bowling attack – the potency of which has been one of the main points of difference between the two sides – mopped up the last four batsmen at the cost of just 36 runs after the break at Sydney Cricket Ground. “It has been a great couple of months. The cricket we have played has been outstanding,” said Australia captain Steve Smith. “We have been able to take 80 wickets in four Test matches. We have just been able to get on top and win those key moments and not let them back in the game, which is crucial.”
Pat Cummins removed Jonny Bairstow (38), Stuart Broad (4) and Mason Crane (2) to finish with figures of 4-39, while Nathan Lyon (3-54) had taken the only wicket of the opening session as he continued his dominance of Moeen Ali. Cummins was named man of the match while Josh Hazlewood performed the coup de grace when he had James Anderson caught behind for two. Australia’s batsmen also played a full part in the return of the coveted urn, with Mitchell Marsh, his brother Shaun and Usman Khawaja all getting into three figures as the hosts made 649 declared in their reply to England’s first innings 346.
England managed only three centuries to Australia‘s nine over the series, with Smith alone matching their tally. Anderson, who stood in for the ailing Root in the presentation ceremony, agreed that England’s failure to come out on top at key points during games had proved decisive. “We were outplayed in the key moments. We have been in the games but just haven’t capitalised on the opportunities we have had,” he added.“They have a fantastic bowling attack and all the batsmen have come to the party and they have scored runs when the team needed them.”
Smith was named Player of the Series after scoring 687 runs at an average of 137.4, backing up his ranking as the world’s top batsman.“I am really proud of the way that I have played in the series and led from the front,” he said. “My mind is probably in as good a space as it has been with my batting.”
The tourists will, however, take pride from refusing to buckle despite being outclassed in four of the five Tests and Root’s determination to bat on Monday while clearly unwell typified their fighting spirit. The 27-year-old was 42 not out with England 93 for four – still 210 runs from forcing Australia to bat again – at close of play on day four but experienced diarrhoea and vomiting overnight and was taken to hospital for treatment.
England initially said he was treated for severe dehydration but later revised the diagnosis to viral gastroenteritis that had nothing to do with Sunday’s high temperatures at the ground. The skipper reached the ground in time for the start of play but out-of-form Moeen went out to bat in his stead, making 13 before almost inevitably falling lbw to Lyon. Off spinner Lyon dismissed the all-rounder seven times in nine innings over the series with four of those leg before decisions.
Root received an ovation when he came out to resume his innings and had soon secured his 37th Test half century with three runs to fine leg. He suffered a recurrence of the symptoms during the lunch break, though, and Tom Curran, who finished the day 23 not out, came out to bat in his place for the second session, leaving Root retired hurt for 58.

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Tamil News -SBI hints at minimum balance reduction – Maalaimalar.com

Facing all-round criticism for raking in a windfall profit of over Rs 1,771 crore from customers in penalty for non-maintenance of monthly average balances in their savings accounts, SBI today said it is looking at revising minimum balance amount and penalty charges.The country’s largest lender SBI which has over 402 million savings account holders, had reintroduced monthly average balance (MAB) charges from April 2017 after a gap of five years. Accordingly, the bank demands Rs 5,000 in MAB in metros and Rs 1,000 in rural accounts, failing which it charges a penalty.As a result, between April and November 2017, the bank had netted a windfall of Rs 1,771.67 crore, which is more than its second quarter profit, as penalties from customers for non-maintenance of MAB, a finance ministry data.”A review of the monthly average balance is something we’ve been looking at continuously since we had brought it back in April and we have already brought it down in October a bit. Now we are in the process of reviewing it again,” MD for retail and digital banking PK Gupta told reporters here today.He said the bank is doing a comprehensive review of the MAB and penalty for non-maintenance of the same, based on the feedback it has received and will soon announce it.Currently, the bank has a MAB of Rs 3,000 for the metro and urban accounts and the non-maintenance penalty varies Rs 30-50 plus taxes.For semi-urban and rural branches, the amount is fixed at Rs 2,000 and Rs 1,000, respectively and the penalty for non-maintenance is in the range of Rs 20-40 plus taxes.SBI has close to 40.5 crore saving bank account customers.SBI had reintroduced monthly average charges from April 1, 2017, but had to revised downwards the penalties for non-maintenance of the minimum balance from October 1, after facing backlash from customers.While between April and October, The MAB was Rs 5,000 for metro accounts, which was brought down to Rs 3,000 per account. The penalty was also reduced from Rs 50-100 to Rs 20 -40, plus taxes.The bank recently said on an average balance of Rs 3,000 in the metros, SBI earned only Rs 6 a month whereas for a minimum balance of Rs 1,000 in rural, it earned on Rs 2 per month which is meager compared to the services offered and the corresponding costs incurred by the bank (free cheque books, 8 free ATM transactions, free branch transactions).The bank had said savings bank accounts such as Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojna, small accounts and basic savings bank deposit accounts, pensioners, minors and all social beneficiary accounts are exempted from MAB requirement and no charges ever have been recovered.

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Tamil News – IPL 2018 retained players list of all teams – Maalaimalar.com

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli and his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni are among the top players who are retained by their respective IPL franchises, Royal Challengers Bangalore and comeback outfit Chennai Super Kings respectively. The Indian Premier League (IPL) will be entering its 11th season this year and the deadline to submit the list of retained players was January 4. As per the latest guidelines issued by the IPL governing council, each team was allowed to opt for up to five players by virtue of a combination of Player Retention (Pre Player Auction) and Right to Match (RTM) (during the Player Auction).
Among these players, there can be a maximum of either three retentions or three RTMs at the discretion of the franchises and if there is no retention before the player auction, then franchises can have up to three RTMs, as per the norms put in place by the IPL GC.The break-up is: Maximum number of 3 capped Indian players, 2 overseas players and 2 uncapped Indian players each. The player retention price guideline for salary cap charged has also been set as Rs 33 crore (for 3 players pre auction), Rs 21 crore (for 2 players pre auction) and Rs 12.5 crore (for 1 player retained pre-auction).The council also revealed that each team can consist of a maximum number of 25 players (up to 8 overseas players) and a minimum of 18. The player pool available for CSK and RR for retention/RTM will be the players who played for them respectively in IPL 2015 and who were part of Rising Pune Supergiant and GL squads in IPL 2017, as per the norms.
This year, the salary cap has also been increased from Rs 60 crore to Rs 80 crore and will increase to Rs 82 and 85 crore respectively in 2019 and 2020. However, the minimum spend has been fixed at 75 percent of the salary cap for each season.Among the top Indian players, MS Dhoni returned to Chennai Super Kings with Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli stays with Royal Challengers Bangalore while Rohit Sharma will once again lead the Mumbai Indians. Hardik Pandya was retained by Mumbai Indians while young Shreyas Iyer will once again represent the Delhi Daredevils. However, some veterans like Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh were released by their respective franchises.The surprise packages of the retention were Punjab’s Axar Patel, Bangalore’s Sarfraz Ahmed and Delhi’s Chris Morris.

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Tamil Newspaper – Samsung Curved Monitor – Maalaimalar.com

Samsung just launched the world’s biggest curved monitor in India. The 49-inch ultra-wide curved gaming monitor (LC49HG90) has a 32:9 aspect ratio and 3,840×1,080 double full HD (DFHD) resolution. It delivers 1,800R curvature, an ultra-wide 178-degree viewing angle and accelerated refresh rate (144Hz) and 1ms motion picture response time (MPRT) with advanced, four-channel scanning technology to deter motion blur and produce a more consistent picture across the entire screen.It also has High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology for realistic, detailed picture and the quantum dot technology offers the best light efficiency, stability and a wider colour spectrum.It uses Eye Saver Mode and Flicker Free Technology which enhances eye comfort. The Monitor’s Eye Saver Mode obstructs Blue light wavelengths that stimulate the retina more than what any other color does, thereby reducing eye-fatigue. The Samsung 49-inch ultra-wide curved gaming monitor is priced at Rs. 1,50,000, is available from Samsung Shop online and will be available at all leading retail outlets soon.

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Tamil Newspaper – IPL 2018 Auction – Maalaimalar.com

The mega auction for the IPL 2018 Auction is scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28, the Press Trust of India reported on Tuesday (December 19). The dates for the auction coincide with the South Africa-India Test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg as well as the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali domestic T20 tournament. The dates for the two-day auction process were ratified at the IPL Governing Council meeting held in New Delhi on December 6. It was in that meeting that BCCI apprised the franchise representatives about the retention process. The auction ahead of the 11th season of IPL will be a bigger affair than usual, given that each franchise can retain a maximum of five players from their existing rosters through a combination of pre-auction retention and Right To Match (RTM) cards. According to a report on ESPNCricinfo, teams have until January 4 to submit their retention lists while the BCCI itself will make public their full list of to-be-auctioned players on January 18. Franchises will each begin with an auction purse of INR 80 crores to build a 25-member (max) squad. This increase in purse value (up from INR 66 crores in 2017) is a direct consequence of the increased revenue for the league through title rights sale. Each team will have to spend at least 75 percent of the salary cap (INR 60 crore) by the end of the two-day procedure. Retained players will have a more dynamic effect on the team’s salary purse depending on the number of players retained by the franchise.

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Tamil Newspaper – Rahul Gandhi Scored A ‘Zero In Opening Innings’ – Maalaimalar.com

Rahul Gandhi Scored A ‘Zero In Opening Innings‘: Manohar Parrikar On Gujarat, Himachal Results.Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar also said the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh election results indicated that the saffron party was going to win the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Congress President Rahul Gandhi scored a “zero in his opening innings” was how Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar reacted to the BJP’s lead in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly election results today. The BJP is heading for a record sixth straight victory in Gujarat assembly polls, and has evicted the Congress in Himachal Pradesh, tightening the party’s grip over the country’s politics with general election only 18 months away. Mr Parrikar said the results in the two states indicated that the saffron party was going to win the 2019 Lok Sabha election. “Opening innings zero,” he said when asked about Mr Gandhi’s performance in the Gujarat polls where the new Congress chief had campaigned extensively, and Himachal Pradesh. The 47-year-old Amethi lawmaker took over as Congress president last week. The assembly election results, which are in favour of the BJP, are also an indication of the outcome of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and formation of the next government at the Centre,” Mr Parrikar said. “We will ensure the BJP also wins handsomely in Karnataka (where the assembly election is due next year),” he said. In another jibe at Mr Gandhi, the former defence minister said his popularity was less than the party (Congress), whereas “PM Modi’s popularity was larger than the BJP”. “Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) has his magic. He is pushing the party ahead. He is one leader who has higher popularity than the party. And reverse is the case with Rahul Gandhi,” Mr Parrikar said when asked whether the PM’s campaign helped the BJP retain power in Gujarat.

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Tamil Breaking News – BlackBerry Priv – Maalaimalar.com

BlackBerry‘s first Android phone, the Priv, will no longer be receiving any security updates, according to the Canadian mobile maker. Also announced at the same time was a trade-up program for users still using the Priv or a BlackBerry 10 device to upgrade their devices to the BlackBerry KeyONE at, hopefully, a discounted price.

However, BlackBerry has claimed on its blog that they will still continue to provide software support in case a serious security vulnerability is detected for the Priv. BlackBerry also said that all warranty obligations of the device will also be fulfilled.The Priv was announced in India back in 2016 for a price of Rs 62,990. In our detailed review, we mentioned that the phone was a ‘feature-packed Android smartphone with some BlackBerry bits‘. You can check out the review here.

The phone has a 5.4-inch dual-curved WQHD Plastic AMOLED display and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 featuring a hexa-core, 64-bit processor and Adreno 418 GPU clocked at 600 MHz. The phone has 3 GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, which is upgradable to 2 TB via a micro-SD card. It also had a 3.5 mm headphone jack, which is something that has to be mentioned separately nowadays (sigh).

The Priv has a BlackBerry keyboard which slides out from under the display. This physical keyboard gives the user full-screen content along with capacitive-touch features, such as a trackpad. The phone has an 18 MP dual-flash Schneider-Kreuznach certified camera on the back. The Priv was launched with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It packs in a 3,410 mAh battery, which was claimed to give up to 22.5 hours of battery life.

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