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VULNERABILITIES

Major websites down due to Fastly config error

3 years ago

Thousands of websites, including government portals, news, and social media sites, stopped responding on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, after a massive outage. Other high-traffic sites included Reddit, Amazon, CNN, PayPal, Spotify, Al Jazeera Media Network, and the New York Times also went down owing to the error. They... Read more

Thousands of websites, including government portals, news, and social media sites, stopped responding on Tuesday,... Read more

BREACHES

Domino’s India under fire again—over 18 crore users' data compromised

3 years ago

After a recent series of data breaches, the next company targeted is the renowned pizza delivery chain Domino's India. The sensitive details and information of approximate 18 crore users are available on the dark web. The information leaked includes the name, email, phone number and even the GPS location of... Read more

After a recent series of data breaches, the next company targeted is the renowned pizza... Read more

BREACHES

Data of over 20 million Big Basket Users Leaked

3 years ago

Over the weekend, the personal data of over 20 million Indian users were leaked on a well-known cybercrime forum. The database is said to be of Big Basket users, which the Indian grocery delivery start-up first confirmed on November 7, 2020. The database includes email IDs, home addresses, phone numbers,... Read more

Over the weekend, the personal data of over 20 million Indian users were leaked on... Read more

POLICIES AND REGULATIONS

EU seeks to ban high-risk AI

3 years ago

The proposed regulations of EU may lead to the banning of use of AI in some technical fields. With the increase of involvement of AI in technology and the average user not knowing much about how to protect themselves, the EU has decided to step in to this matter. The... Read more

The proposed regulations of EU may lead to the banning of use of AI in... Read more

VULNERABILITIES

FBI reveals how they got access to San Bernardino’s iPhone

3 years ago

In 2015, following the shooting of San Bernardino, his iPhone was found and the FBI believed it may have some crucial details of their interest. When they couldn’t break into the phone, they turned to Apple for help which Apple refused. Apple said the FBI wanted a backdoor tool which... Read more

In 2015, following the shooting of San Bernardino, his iPhone was found and the FBI... Read more

FRAUDS AND SCAMS

WhatsApp Scam: OTP gives hackers access

3 years ago

With over two billion active monthly users, WhatsApp is the most recent target for hackers and scammers. Users are sent scam message through one of their contacts asking them to send a code, i.e., an OTP received in their inbox. It appears like a standard confirmation or verification code but... Read more

With over two billion active monthly users, WhatsApp is the most recent target for hackers... Read more

POLICIES AND REGULATIONS

Google creates new method of tracking users

3 years ago

Google has created a new tracking method called FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts) and has automatically turned it on for millions of Google Chrome users. It groups you based on your interests and demographics, derived from your browsing history, to enable creepy advertising and other content targeting without third-party cookies.... Read more

Google has created a new tracking method called FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts) and has... Read more

VULNERABILITIES

Cyberpunk 2077 bug allows remote code execution

3 years ago

CD Projekt Red is warning its Cyberpunk 2077 users to be careful while using mods in the games. A recent discovery by Red Tools mod team member PixelRickyRick and Reddit user Romulus_Is_Here highlighted the bug in a DLL file that could be used to execute malicious code through buffer overflow... Read more

CD Projekt Red is warning its Cyberpunk 2077 users to be careful while using mods... Read more

FRAUDS AND SCAMS

Chinese hackers targeted Indians with e-shopping scams

4 years ago

Festive season, end of the year sales, and offers on various shopping sites have given a window of opportunity for scammers to imitate sales campaigns like Amazon’s big billion days. Various bogus links are being spread all over WhatsApp and other messaging applications baiting people to participate in a contest... Read more

Festive season, end of the year sales, and offers on various shopping sites have given... Read more

BREACHES

Cisco Inc. fell prey to Russian cyber-attacks

4 years ago

Reports last week stated that a Russian government hacking operation compromised multiple U.S. government computer networks providing the first glimpse into a dangerous new type of cyberattack: using America’s software supply chain against it. Their recent target was Cisco Systems Inc., which is the world’s biggest manufacturer of network equipment... Read more

Reports last week stated that a Russian government hacking operation compromised multiple U.S. government computer... Read more