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BREACHES
Cyberattacks Hit Thousands of Canadian Tax, Benefit Accounts
4 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
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
POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
Prevent Aadhaar misuse by locking your biometrics
4 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
4 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
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
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
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Quantum Key Distribution market is all set to go through the roof in this decade
4 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
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
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
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking
4 years ago
An Iranian hacker group accidentally exposed 40 GB of their training videos online. Researchers at IBM's X-Force security team have reported finding roughly five hours of screen recordings of a hacker group known as 'APT35' or 'Charming Kitten,' one of the most active state-sponsored espionage teams linked to the Government... Read more
An Iranian hacker group accidentally exposed 40 GB of their training videos online. Researchers at... Read more
