CyberSecurity

Facebook grooming 7,500 content reviewers for objectionable posts

The content reviewers are a mix of full-time employees, contractors and companies Facebook partners with -- covering every time zone and over 50 languages across the world.

Jul 29, 2018

To combat data breaches, India considering mandatory local storage

Headed by former Supreme Court judge B.N. Srikrishna, a government panel has submitted its recommendations to the parliament to be tabled soon. The report says all critical personal data on people in India should be processed within the country, so as to prevent data breaches.

Jul 28, 2018

Google, Titan Security Key, features, how it works

Google Titan Security Key: This nifty gadget may finally put an end to phishing, online frauds

Search engine giant Google is planning to make Titan Security Key available across all markets by the end of this year. Read on to know how this nifty little gadget can protect you from phishing and online frauds.

Jul 26, 2018

Google marks millions of websites without 'https' as 'Not Secure' in latest Chrome update

In Chrome 68, millions of "not secure: websites are expected to follow Google's new security standards.

Jul 25, 2018

Password practices of internet companies

Amazon, Reddit and Wikipedia not doing enough to oblige users to protect data

University of Plymouth Professor Steve Furnell shows a disappointing result of his 10-year research on the password practices of internet companies.

Jul 23, 2018

Purchasing via iTunes? You might want to look for odd charges on your credit card

Dozens of iPhone users in Singapore have become a victim of an iTunes scam where unrecognised purchases are made.

Jul 23, 2018

After Cambridge Analytica, Facebook suspends another data analytics firm

Boston-based Crimson Hexagon has been suspended over concerns that it harvested users' data. The company denies claims of harvesting.

Jul 21, 2018

Microsoft thwarted attacked against congressional candidates

Microsoft sees failure of Russia meddling in 2018 mid-term elections after thwarting cyberattacks

Microsoft has revealed that they stopped a Russia-linked attack targeting three congressional candidates standing for the 2018 mid-year elections.

Jul 20, 2018

Singapore data breach: PM among 1.5mn affected in 'state-sponsored' hack

Singapore was hit by a massive data breach, where hackers stole health data records of 1.5 million people and among them was Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loon. Read all about the attack and PM's response to it.

Jul 20, 2018

Venmo personal information and transactions exposed

Venmo exposed over 200 mn transactions in 2017, but why owner PayPal isn't doing anything?

PayPal has yet to address the issue on exposing the personal information and transactions of over 7 million Venmo users by default.

Jul 19, 2018

Cybercriminals turn to more profitable cryptocurrencies than Ransomware now

Coinminer malware accounts for 32 percent of all cyberattacks during the first half of 2018, says Skybox Security in its "Vulnerability and Threat Trends Report".

Jul 19, 2018

Bitcoin, Ethereum are types of cryptocurrencies available

Cybercrime drops in second quarter but makes up in severity

Cryptomining tops as the most popular cybercrime for the quarter followed by ransomware and exploits.

Jul 18, 2018

Magniber ransomware turns to other Asian nations after stifling South Korea for 9 months

The Magniber ransomware expands to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Brunei, and Malaysia.

Jul 17, 2018

iPhones in India hit by dangerous malware: All you need to know

Researchers at Cisco Talos identified a dangerous malware that affected only 13 iPhones, but has been active since 2015. Here's all you need to know about it.

Jul 16, 2018

Using a DVR? Passwords of over 30,000 devices exposed in search engine

Jul 15, 2018

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