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Nithin Chowdary
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Hi! I'm Nithin Chowdary. I'm pursuing Btech 2nd year in the Manipal Institute of Technology. I like learning new stuff and interacting with new people. I like watching movies when I'm free and do something creative, like designing or drawing when I'm bored. Right now, I'm looking into all domains to figure out my areas of interest. My first step is towards competitive coding where I can code in c, python, c++ in which python is my favorite, and trying to get specialized in it. I'm also looking into web and app development where I know HTML, CSS, Flutter using dart, and working on javascript. I'm maybe not specialized in those, but I'm developing my skills day by day and trying to learn something new every day. I'm also good at communicating with people and teamwork, making it easy for me to work as a team. I'm so enthusiastic about cybersecurity and hacking, which is one reason for being a ManComm member of MIST. But I didn't get any chance of looking into it until I get to BTech. But I regularly read articles and news on cybersecurity from different news websites. And I'm studying on IoT security as of my Interest and knowing various domains of cybersecurity as part of MIST.
Articles by Nithin
BREACHES
Airtel’s mobile app hit with security flaw which left millions of user data exposed
4 years ago
An security bug was discovered in the Airtel's mobile app that exposed sensitive data to all its users like personal details, subscription details, device compatibility for 4G, 3g and GPRS, network information, activation data, user type, and even IMEI number. The flaw was in the API of the Smartphone App... Read more
An security bug was discovered in the Airtel's mobile app that exposed sensitive data to... Read more
BREACHES
JustDial data breach puts over 100 million users' personal information at risk
4 years ago
Rajshekhar Rajaharia discovered the data breach, and he stated that over 70 percent of the data belonged to users who had called JustDial's customer care number, which is "88888-88888". The data breach included information like names, email addresses, mobile numbers, gender, date of birth, and addresses of the... Read more
Rajshekhar Rajaharia discovered the data breach, and he stated that over 70 percent of the... Read more
BREACHES
Hackers attack Indian healthcare website, steal 68 lakh records
5 years ago
US-based cybersecurity firm FireEye has said that hackers broke into a leading India-based healthcare website, stealing 68 lakh records containing patient and doctor information. Without taking names, FireEye said cybercriminals are mostly China-based, directly selling stolen data from healthcare organizations and web portals globally, including India in the underground... Read more
US-based cybersecurity firm FireEye has said that hackers broke into a leading India-based healthcare website,... Read more
POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
Google sets limit on how long it will store data
4 years ago
Google faces the intensified examination of its data collection practices as the world's largest search engine. On Wednesday, June 24, Google stated that it will update Google's privacy controls so that the web browsing history will automatically be deleted after a certain period for new users. Under these new updates,... Read more
Google faces the intensified examination of its data collection practices as the world's largest search... Read more
BREACHES
Twitter sorry for data breach involving business clients
4 years ago
Twitter apologized to its business clients for a data breach, which included their email Ids, phone numbers, the last four digits of their credit card numbers. A Twitter spokesperson confirmed this to TechCrunch and also said in his statement, "The billing information of clients might have stored in the browser's... Read more
Twitter apologized to its business clients for a data breach, which included their email Ids,... Read more
BREACHES
NSUI accuses Delhi University of leaking students' data
4 years ago
National Students' Union of India (NSUI) filed a police complaint accusing Delhi University (DU) of apparently leaking the data of lakhs of students online. Akshay Lakra, president of the Delhi unit of the NSUI, and former DU students' union president Arun Hooda approached police with the complaint. In their statement,... Read more
National Students' Union of India (NSUI) filed a police complaint accusing Delhi University (DU) of... Read more
VULNERABILITIES
DoT's own websites still running without security audits amid rising cyber attacks
4 years ago
Telecom Departments security audit wing asked all web portals and sites under it to submit security certification immediately or face action, eight months after the deadline to submit security audit certifications. In October 2019, The security audit wing of DoT said in a circular, " they observed the data ex-filtration... Read more
Telecom Departments security audit wing asked all web portals and sites under it to submit... Read more
BREACHES
OnePlus 'accidentally' exposes hundreds of customer emails
4 years ago
Android Police reported that OnePlus had exposed hundreds of email addresses of customers, and One Plus was yet to comment on the development. This happened when the company ended up copy-pasting email addresses in the "To" field, instead of putting email IDs in the "BCC" field while sending out a... Read more
Android Police reported that OnePlus had exposed hundreds of email addresses of customers, and One... Read more
POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
Apple will make it difficult for apps to track your location with iOS 14
4 years ago
Apple will be introducing several new privacy features with iOS14 to restrict the accessibility of the exact location of users by apps unless its specific requirement. As we know, iOS14 will alert us when some app accesses our camera, mic, or reads clipboard content, but now, it also restricts the... Read more
Apple will be introducing several new privacy features with iOS14 to restrict the accessibility of... Read more
FRAUDS AND SCAMS
Instagram is illegally collecting biometric data, claims new lawsuit
4 years ago
Facebook is facing another lawsuit that mentions that Facebook reportedly did not ask for user permission to collect biometric data and has been collecting since the start of 2020 through its photo-tagging feature of Instagram. Bloomberg mentioned in its report that "Facebook is accused of collecting, storing and profiting from... Read more
Facebook is facing another lawsuit that mentions that Facebook reportedly did not ask for user... Read more
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Elon Musk says ’embarrassingly late’ two-factor is coming to Tesla app
4 years ago
Last Friday, Elon Musk(CEO of Tesla) replied to a Twitter follower's question, "Sorry, this is embarrassingly late. Two-factor Authentication via SMS or authenticator app is going through final validation right now". In April 2019, Musk said that the additional security layer was "coming soon." and He first mentioned that the... Read more
Last Friday, Elon Musk(CEO of Tesla) replied to a Twitter follower's question, "Sorry, this is... Read more
BREACHES
Marriott faces London lawsuit over vast data breach
4 years ago
The world's largest hotel operator, LONDON Marriot International Inc, faces a London class action for compromising the personal data of millions of former hotel guests in one of the most massive data breaches in history. In 2014 and 2018, more than 300 million customer records from Marriott's global database, including... Read more
The world's largest hotel operator, LONDON Marriot International Inc, faces a London class action for... Read more
BREACHES
Union minister G Kishan Reddy's personal website hacked
4 years ago
The personal website of Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy (http://kishanreddy.com) was hacked on August 15, 2020, by an unidentified person. This Tuesday, an official in his office said that the city police had been informed about it. In his statement, Kishan Reddy stated," It was his... Read more
The personal website of Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy (http://kishanreddy.com) was... Read more
BREACHES
Zhenhua Data leak: Personal details of 2.4 M gathered by Chinese tech company
4 years ago
A Chinese tech company that has links to the country's military and intelligence networks collected personal details of millions of people worldwide. The database includes about 2.4 million people, mostly scraped from public open-source data such as social media profiles. Zhenhua Data, based in Shenzhen, compiled it.A cybersecurity consultancy based... Read more
A Chinese tech company that has links to the country's military and intelligence networks collected... Read more
BREACHES
Microsoft warns Android users about MalLocker Ransomware
4 years ago
Microsoft has warned all Android users about new ransomware, which is believed to be a version of the known Android ransomware family named "MalLocker.B." It locks the device behind a ransom note by taking advantage of incoming call notifications and Android's Home button. It includes a new feature that delivers... Read more
Microsoft has warned all Android users about new ransomware, which is believed to be a... Read more
