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Roblox Faces Global Outage, Players Hit By Error 9007, Login And Server Issues
Roblox has not yet released an official statement regarding the cause of this outage.
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‘Privacy Friendly’ Universe Browser Behaves Like Malware With Keylogging and Disabled Security Tools, Warn Researchers
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a potential threat linked to a "privacy friendly" browser. Dubbed the Universe Browser, it is said to route its connections through servers in China and quietly installs several programs that covertly run in the background. The cybersecurity firm discovered that it was linked to a network of illegal gaming ...
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All About Bitchat, Jack Dorsey's Messaging App That Works Without Internet
Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter co-founder and CEO of Block, has launched a new messaging app, Bitchat. It's making noise in the tech world for all the right reasons.
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OpenAI’s o3 Model Helps Researcher Uncover Zero-Day Vulnerability in Linux Kernel’s SMB Stack
OpenAI’s o3 artificial intelligence (AI) model recently helped a cybersecurity researcher in uncovering a zero-day vulnerability in Linux. As per the researcher, the flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Server Message Block (SMB) implementation, also known as ksmbd. The previously unknown security flaw is said to be tricky to find since it invo...
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South Korea Spy Agency Says DeepSeek 'Excessively' Collects Personal Data
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said it sent an official notice to government agencies last week urging them to take security precautions over the DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence (AI) app.
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Google Play Store, Apple's App Store Remove Multiple VPN Applications in India: Report
Several VPN apps have reportedly been removed from the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store in India, marking the first crackdown since the government issued rules in 2022, requiring VPN providers to collect and store customer details. Despite closing physical servers in response to a government order issued two years ago, some VPN providers sti...
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Apple Blocks Beeper Mini's iMessage Service Citing Security Concerns; Beeper Tries to Get App Running Again
Beeper Mini was recently released as an Android application that helped users access Apple's iMessage service for a small monthly fee. But soon after its launch, the app faced an outage. Apple confirmed that it blocked the service citing privacy and security concerns. Beeper, however, claims that the service is safe and is working towards getting t...
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Meta Set to Face Record EU Privacy Fine Related to Data Transfer of Facebook Users
Meta Platforms is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook's EU users to US servers for failing to comply with a warning by a top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. The penalty will be higher than the previous record EUR 746 million (nearly Rs. 6,660 crore) fine for Amazon.com, accordin...
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WhatsApp Proxy Support Officially Launched to Help Users Bypass Internet Shutdowns: All You Need to Know
WhatsApp announced on Thursday that it is introducing proxy support to the popular messaging service. Users will have the ability to use WhatsApp even if their internet access is blocked or disrupted. Connecting via proxy maintains the same level of privacy and security as the app, and personal messages are still encrypted end-to-end, according to ...
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AIIMS Server Remains Down for Eighth Day; Two Suspended, More Under Scanner for Cybersecurity Breach
The server of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences remained out of service for the eighth consecutive day on Wednesday. After the suspension of two analysts from Delhi more are on the radar for suspension for breaching cyber security, the sources said.
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AIIMS Server Still Down As Internet Now Blocked For Probe; Anti-Terror Agency On Case: Report
Amid the cyber security scare, all emergency and routine patient care, and laboratory services continue to be managed manually
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MeitY Blocks 348 Apps for Transmitting Users’ Information in Unauthorised Manner
Government has blocked 348 mobile applications in India that were found to be transmitting users' information in an unauthorised manner to servers located outside the country, said MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written statement to Lok Sabha. However, there was no mention of the time period when these 348 apps were blocked by the MeitY.
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Telangana Thwarts China-Based Hacker Group’s Bid to Target State Power Systems, Says Official
A China-based hacker group targeted Telangana’s power system but the threat was averted, according to a state official. The official said that preventive actions were taken following an alert by the Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) and a heightened state of alertness would continue for more days.
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Windows 10 Hit by Security Flaw, Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch
Microsoft has released a Windows 10 patch for a security vulnerability that enabled attackers to transfer malicious code from one machine to another if they had the vulnerability without the knowledge of the users.
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Nintendo Switch Online Blocked in China Probably Due to Use of Google Servers: Report
Google serves seem to be the reason for Nintendo Switch Online not working in China.
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Roblox Faces Global Outage, Players Hit By Error 9007, Login And Server Issues
Roblox has not yet released an official statement regarding the cause of this outage.
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‘Privacy Friendly’ Universe Browser Behaves Like Malware With Keylogging and Disabled Security Tools, Warn Researchers
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a potential threat linked to a "privacy friendly" browser. Dubbed the Universe Browser, it is said to route its connections through servers in China and quietly installs several programs that covertly run in the background. The cybersecurity firm discovered that it was linked to a network of illegal gaming ...
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All About Bitchat, Jack Dorsey's Messaging App That Works Without Internet
Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter co-founder and CEO of Block, has launched a new messaging app, Bitchat. It's making noise in the tech world for all the right reasons.
-
OpenAI’s o3 Model Helps Researcher Uncover Zero-Day Vulnerability in Linux Kernel’s SMB Stack
OpenAI’s o3 artificial intelligence (AI) model recently helped a cybersecurity researcher in uncovering a zero-day vulnerability in Linux. As per the researcher, the flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Server Message Block (SMB) implementation, also known as ksmbd. The previously unknown security flaw is said to be tricky to find since it invo...
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South Korea Spy Agency Says DeepSeek 'Excessively' Collects Personal Data
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said it sent an official notice to government agencies last week urging them to take security precautions over the DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence (AI) app.
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Google Play Store, Apple's App Store Remove Multiple VPN Applications in India: Report
Several VPN apps have reportedly been removed from the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store in India, marking the first crackdown since the government issued rules in 2022, requiring VPN providers to collect and store customer details. Despite closing physical servers in response to a government order issued two years ago, some VPN providers sti...
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Apple Blocks Beeper Mini's iMessage Service Citing Security Concerns; Beeper Tries to Get App Running Again
Beeper Mini was recently released as an Android application that helped users access Apple's iMessage service for a small monthly fee. But soon after its launch, the app faced an outage. Apple confirmed that it blocked the service citing privacy and security concerns. Beeper, however, claims that the service is safe and is working towards getting t...
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Meta Set to Face Record EU Privacy Fine Related to Data Transfer of Facebook Users
Meta Platforms is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook's EU users to US servers for failing to comply with a warning by a top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. The penalty will be higher than the previous record EUR 746 million (nearly Rs. 6,660 crore) fine for Amazon.com, accordin...
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WhatsApp Proxy Support Officially Launched to Help Users Bypass Internet Shutdowns: All You Need to Know
WhatsApp announced on Thursday that it is introducing proxy support to the popular messaging service. Users will have the ability to use WhatsApp even if their internet access is blocked or disrupted. Connecting via proxy maintains the same level of privacy and security as the app, and personal messages are still encrypted end-to-end, according to ...
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AIIMS Server Remains Down for Eighth Day; Two Suspended, More Under Scanner for Cybersecurity Breach
The server of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences remained out of service for the eighth consecutive day on Wednesday. After the suspension of two analysts from Delhi more are on the radar for suspension for breaching cyber security, the sources said.
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AIIMS Server Still Down As Internet Now Blocked For Probe; Anti-Terror Agency On Case: Report
Amid the cyber security scare, all emergency and routine patient care, and laboratory services continue to be managed manually
-
MeitY Blocks 348 Apps for Transmitting Users’ Information in Unauthorised Manner
Government has blocked 348 mobile applications in India that were found to be transmitting users' information in an unauthorised manner to servers located outside the country, said MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written statement to Lok Sabha. However, there was no mention of the time period when these 348 apps were blocked by the MeitY.
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Telangana Thwarts China-Based Hacker Group’s Bid to Target State Power Systems, Says Official
A China-based hacker group targeted Telangana’s power system but the threat was averted, according to a state official. The official said that preventive actions were taken following an alert by the Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) and a heightened state of alertness would continue for more days.
-
Windows 10 Hit by Security Flaw, Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch
Microsoft has released a Windows 10 patch for a security vulnerability that enabled attackers to transfer malicious code from one machine to another if they had the vulnerability without the knowledge of the users.
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Nintendo Switch Online Blocked in China Probably Due to Use of Google Servers: Report
Google serves seem to be the reason for Nintendo Switch Online not working in China.
