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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Tata Teleservices and Cybersecurity giants FirstWave announce partnership

5 years ago

Tata Services and FirstWave collaborate to provide new Cybersecurity solutions. Tata Services and Australian cybersecurity giants FirstWave have partnered to bring the next generation of platform-based security solutions to Indian customers. This collaboration will help Tata Services to launch multiple security services incorporating Web, email, next-generation firewall,... Read more

Tata Services and FirstWave collaborate to provide new Cybersecurity solutions. Tata Services and Australian... Read more

BREACHES

Marriott faces London lawsuit over vast data breach

5 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

Cyberattacks Hit Thousands of Canadian Tax, Benefit Accounts

5 years ago

Hackers gained access to various government services after hackers hit the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) with a third wave of credential stuffing attacks, leaving the CRA with no choice but to suspend online services. The access gained by the bad actors could give them access to Canadian citizen's tax-related and... Read more

Hackers gained access to various government services after hackers hit the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)... Read more

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Elon Musk says ’embarrassingly late’ two-factor is coming to Tesla app

5 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

POLICIES AND REGULATIONS

Prevent Aadhaar misuse by locking your biometrics

5 years ago

Right from the time when Aadhaar was introduced, it has raised concerns for security and privacy reasons. India's most crucial identity verification document has faced scrutiny from many security experts with incidents starting from software hacks to database compromises. But now, you can prevent the misuse of your Aadhaar card... Read more

Right from the time when Aadhaar was introduced, it has raised concerns for security and... Read more

VULNERABILITIES

Vulnerabilities in WordPress Quiz and Survey plugin patched

5 years ago

The ‘Quiz and Survey Master’ plugin installed in over 30,000 WordPress websites has patched two critical vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to launch varying attacks on websites. Researchers discovered the flaws at Wordfence - an arbitrary file upload vulnerability ranked ten on ten on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS scale).... Read more

The ‘Quiz and Survey Master’ plugin installed in over 30,000 WordPress websites has patched two... Read more

POLICIES AND REGULATIONS

Apple will make it difficult for apps to track your location with iOS 14

5 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

5 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

Quantum Key Distribution market is all set to go through the roof in this decade

5 years ago

Quantum cryptography and specifically Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) has been in the talks for the past few years, and its market is predicted to see a boom in the present decade. Although this form of cryptography is already in use (for example, it has been used to protect votes in... Read more

Quantum cryptography and specifically Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) has been in the talks for the... Read more

BREACHES

OnePlus 'accidentally' exposes hundreds of customer emails

5 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