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CloudSEK Researchers Expose Social Media-Based Counterfeit Currency Network, Unmasks Perpetrators
CloudSEK, a cybersecurity firm, announced that it has unmasked a syndicate involved in printing and selling counterfeit Indian currency. As per the firm, the group was marketing the fake notes via social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, and even used authentic marketing channels such as Meta ads. As per the report shared by the compa...
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CBI Files Case Against Cambridge Analytica For Facebook Data Theft
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against UK-based political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica for the alleged illegal harvesting of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users. The agency has also named Global Science Research (GSRL), another company based out of that country, in the same case.
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Indian Bug Hunter Finds Flaw in Instagram Again, Wins $10,000
Barely a month after winning $30,000 from Facebook for spotting a flaw in Instagram, Chennai-based security researcher Laxman Muthiyah on Monday said he again discovered a new account takeover vulnerability.
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CBI Writes To Facebook, Cambridge Analytica In Data Theft Probe
The CBI has written to Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research in connection with the illegal personal data harvesting of Indians from the social networking platform, sources said on Monday.
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WhatsApp Seeks Help From Indian Experts to Fight Misinformation, Offers 'Research Awards'
WhatsApp said it was commissioning a competitive set of awards to researchers interested in exploring issues that are related to misinformation on WhatsApp in India.
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Whistleblower Spills More India Data, Parties Wanted Caste Info: 10 Facts
Cambridge Analytica, the company accused of massive data breach, worked on Indian political campaigns for years and also provided caste analysis for various parties, reveals a document released on Wednesday. The explosive details were tweeted by Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower who exposed the role of Cambridge Analytica in data breach affectin...
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Facebook Bug Bounty Program Awards Indians the Most for Finding Flaws
Facebook under its Bug Bounty program paid security researchers from India the most money from its $611,471 reward in first half of 2016; USA and Mexico were next.
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Bangladesh Cancels Downlink Permission Of Zakir Naik's Peace TV
Bangladesh today scrapped the downlink permission for 'Peace TV' of Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, a day after it banned the channel following reports that his "provocative" speeches inspired some of the terrorists who carried out the country's worst terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka.
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India Researchers Get Rs 4.84 Crore In Bug Bounty: Facebook
Facebook today said it has paid Rs 4.84 crore to researchers in India as part of its bug bounty programme, the most paid till date by the world's largest social networking platform.
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India Leads Facebook's Bug Bounty Program on Payouts and Participation
Indian security researchers have received a total of Rs. 4.8 crores from Facebook's Bug Bounty program, the company said.
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CloudSEK Researchers Expose Social Media-Based Counterfeit Currency Network, Unmasks Perpetrators
CloudSEK, a cybersecurity firm, announced that it has unmasked a syndicate involved in printing and selling counterfeit Indian currency. As per the firm, the group was marketing the fake notes via social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, and even used authentic marketing channels such as Meta ads. As per the report shared by the compa...
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CBI Files Case Against Cambridge Analytica For Facebook Data Theft
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against UK-based political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica for the alleged illegal harvesting of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users. The agency has also named Global Science Research (GSRL), another company based out of that country, in the same case.
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Indian Bug Hunter Finds Flaw in Instagram Again, Wins $10,000
Barely a month after winning $30,000 from Facebook for spotting a flaw in Instagram, Chennai-based security researcher Laxman Muthiyah on Monday said he again discovered a new account takeover vulnerability.
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CBI Writes To Facebook, Cambridge Analytica In Data Theft Probe
The CBI has written to Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research in connection with the illegal personal data harvesting of Indians from the social networking platform, sources said on Monday.
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WhatsApp Seeks Help From Indian Experts to Fight Misinformation, Offers 'Research Awards'
WhatsApp said it was commissioning a competitive set of awards to researchers interested in exploring issues that are related to misinformation on WhatsApp in India.
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Whistleblower Spills More India Data, Parties Wanted Caste Info: 10 Facts
Cambridge Analytica, the company accused of massive data breach, worked on Indian political campaigns for years and also provided caste analysis for various parties, reveals a document released on Wednesday. The explosive details were tweeted by Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower who exposed the role of Cambridge Analytica in data breach affectin...
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Facebook Bug Bounty Program Awards Indians the Most for Finding Flaws
Facebook under its Bug Bounty program paid security researchers from India the most money from its $611,471 reward in first half of 2016; USA and Mexico were next.
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Bangladesh Cancels Downlink Permission Of Zakir Naik's Peace TV
Bangladesh today scrapped the downlink permission for 'Peace TV' of Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, a day after it banned the channel following reports that his "provocative" speeches inspired some of the terrorists who carried out the country's worst terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka.
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India Researchers Get Rs 4.84 Crore In Bug Bounty: Facebook
Facebook today said it has paid Rs 4.84 crore to researchers in India as part of its bug bounty programme, the most paid till date by the world's largest social networking platform.
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India Leads Facebook's Bug Bounty Program on Payouts and Participation
Indian security researchers have received a total of Rs. 4.8 crores from Facebook's Bug Bounty program, the company said.
