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Sensitive DeepSeek Data Exposed to Web, Says Cyber Firm 'Wiz'
Wiz said that scans of DeepSeek's infrastructure showed that the company had accidentally left more than a million lines of data available unsecured. Those included digital software keys and chat logs that appeared to capture prompts being sent from users to the company's free AI assistant.
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Anonymous Coder Nearly Hacks Huge Chunk Of The Internet. How Grave Was It
Outside the world of open-source software, its likely few people would have heard about XZ Utils, a small but widely used tool for data compression in Linux systems.
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Android 15 Could Offer a Boost to Two-Factor Authentication Security to Keep User Data Safe: Report
Android 15 is still under development, but on Friday, February 16, Google released the first Developer Preview of the upcoming operating system. The tech giant said that the new Android software will largely focus on security, and a new report claims to have found three new ways it will make your smartphone and your sensitive data more secure.
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US Government Agencies Hit in Global Hacking Campaign, Doesn't Expect Significant Impact
The US government has been hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used software but does not expect it to have significant impact, the nation's cyber watchdog agency said on Thursday. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said several federal bodies had experienced intrusions following th...
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Hackers Exploit Security Flaw in Popular File Transfer Tool MOVEit to Steal User Data
Hackers have stolen data from the systems of a number of users of the popular file transfer tool MOVEit Transfer, US security researchers said on Thursday, one day after the maker of the software disclosed that a security flaw had been discovered.
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Android Phones Preinstalled With Malware That Collects Data, Injects Ads and Drains Battery: Report
Guerrilla malware has been detected on over 8.9 million devices from over 50 smartphone makers, and the malicious software comes preinstalled on these phones, according to a security firm. Here's everything you need to know about the Guerrilla malware and how it affects an impacted smartphone.
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Nokia Plans to Launch Cloud-Based Software Subscription Service for Telecom Companies
Nokia said it plans to launch a cloud-based software subscription service targeting telecom companies for providing software around analytics, security, and data management.
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Shift to Hybrid Work Led to Steep Rise in Cost of Data Breaches: IBM Report
There were an average of 27,966 records breached between May 2020 and March 2021 in organisations across various industries in India. Companies have been switching to modern approaches to security like the perimeter model and the zero trust approach. Gadgets 360 caught up with Prashant Bhatkal, Security Software Sales Leader of IBM Technology Sales...
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WhatsApp Pay Refutes Allegations of Data Hacking by Spyware Pegasus in Supreme Court
WhatsApp refuted before the Supreme Court the claims that its payment services system was not secure and reliable and can be hacked by Israeli spy software Pegasus.
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Amazon, Blackberry Team Up to Create Cloud-Based Vehicle Software Platform IVY
BlackBerry and Amazon announced an alliance to create IVY, a cloud computing platform that cars could link to for services and insights based on data from vehicles and users.
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US President Donald Trump to Act on Chinese Software Companies Beyond TikTok Parent ByteDance: Mike Pompeo
President Donald Trump will take action shortly on Chinese software companies that are feeding data directly to the Beijing government, posing a risk to US national security, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
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Foxconn Not in Settlement Talks With Qualcomm in Apple Battle: Attorney
The conflict is but one aspect of the global legal battle between regulators, Apple and Qualcomm, which supplies modem chips that help phones connect to wireless data networks.
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Aadhaar Operators Who Violate Processes Face Rs 1 Lakh Fine: UIDAI
UIDAI today said it follows a "stringent enrolment and updation process" for issuance of Aadhaar cards, and has blacklisted over 50,000 operators for various violations, amid reports of a breach in its enrolment software
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2 Gujarat Ration Shop Owners Cheated Aadhaar Security, Stole Grain: Cops
Two owners of government-funded ration shops were arrested by the police in Gujarat's Surat for allegedly pilfering subsidised foodgrain by using hacked software and unauthorised biometric Aadhaar data of beneficiaries.
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Temporary 16-Digit Virtual ID To Secure Aadhaar Data Privacy: 10 Points
People can share a randomly-generated 16-digit temporary number instead of their Aadhaar number starting from March-end to authenticate their identity for various services. The UIDAI - the authority that runs the government's Aadhaar programme - said today the initiative, which is aimed at minimising instances of leak and misuse of Aadhaar numbers,...
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Sensitive DeepSeek Data Exposed to Web, Says Cyber Firm 'Wiz'
Wiz said that scans of DeepSeek's infrastructure showed that the company had accidentally left more than a million lines of data available unsecured. Those included digital software keys and chat logs that appeared to capture prompts being sent from users to the company's free AI assistant.
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Anonymous Coder Nearly Hacks Huge Chunk Of The Internet. How Grave Was It
Outside the world of open-source software, its likely few people would have heard about XZ Utils, a small but widely used tool for data compression in Linux systems.
-
Android 15 Could Offer a Boost to Two-Factor Authentication Security to Keep User Data Safe: Report
Android 15 is still under development, but on Friday, February 16, Google released the first Developer Preview of the upcoming operating system. The tech giant said that the new Android software will largely focus on security, and a new report claims to have found three new ways it will make your smartphone and your sensitive data more secure.
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US Government Agencies Hit in Global Hacking Campaign, Doesn't Expect Significant Impact
The US government has been hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used software but does not expect it to have significant impact, the nation's cyber watchdog agency said on Thursday. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said several federal bodies had experienced intrusions following th...
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Hackers Exploit Security Flaw in Popular File Transfer Tool MOVEit to Steal User Data
Hackers have stolen data from the systems of a number of users of the popular file transfer tool MOVEit Transfer, US security researchers said on Thursday, one day after the maker of the software disclosed that a security flaw had been discovered.
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Android Phones Preinstalled With Malware That Collects Data, Injects Ads and Drains Battery: Report
Guerrilla malware has been detected on over 8.9 million devices from over 50 smartphone makers, and the malicious software comes preinstalled on these phones, according to a security firm. Here's everything you need to know about the Guerrilla malware and how it affects an impacted smartphone.
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Nokia Plans to Launch Cloud-Based Software Subscription Service for Telecom Companies
Nokia said it plans to launch a cloud-based software subscription service targeting telecom companies for providing software around analytics, security, and data management.
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Shift to Hybrid Work Led to Steep Rise in Cost of Data Breaches: IBM Report
There were an average of 27,966 records breached between May 2020 and March 2021 in organisations across various industries in India. Companies have been switching to modern approaches to security like the perimeter model and the zero trust approach. Gadgets 360 caught up with Prashant Bhatkal, Security Software Sales Leader of IBM Technology Sales...
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WhatsApp Pay Refutes Allegations of Data Hacking by Spyware Pegasus in Supreme Court
WhatsApp refuted before the Supreme Court the claims that its payment services system was not secure and reliable and can be hacked by Israeli spy software Pegasus.
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Amazon, Blackberry Team Up to Create Cloud-Based Vehicle Software Platform IVY
BlackBerry and Amazon announced an alliance to create IVY, a cloud computing platform that cars could link to for services and insights based on data from vehicles and users.
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US President Donald Trump to Act on Chinese Software Companies Beyond TikTok Parent ByteDance: Mike Pompeo
President Donald Trump will take action shortly on Chinese software companies that are feeding data directly to the Beijing government, posing a risk to US national security, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
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Foxconn Not in Settlement Talks With Qualcomm in Apple Battle: Attorney
The conflict is but one aspect of the global legal battle between regulators, Apple and Qualcomm, which supplies modem chips that help phones connect to wireless data networks.
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Aadhaar Operators Who Violate Processes Face Rs 1 Lakh Fine: UIDAI
UIDAI today said it follows a "stringent enrolment and updation process" for issuance of Aadhaar cards, and has blacklisted over 50,000 operators for various violations, amid reports of a breach in its enrolment software
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2 Gujarat Ration Shop Owners Cheated Aadhaar Security, Stole Grain: Cops
Two owners of government-funded ration shops were arrested by the police in Gujarat's Surat for allegedly pilfering subsidised foodgrain by using hacked software and unauthorised biometric Aadhaar data of beneficiaries.
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Temporary 16-Digit Virtual ID To Secure Aadhaar Data Privacy: 10 Points
People can share a randomly-generated 16-digit temporary number instead of their Aadhaar number starting from March-end to authenticate their identity for various services. The UIDAI - the authority that runs the government's Aadhaar programme - said today the initiative, which is aimed at minimising instances of leak and misuse of Aadhaar numbers,...
