Month: May 2021

Misconfigurations in multiple Android apps leaked sensitive data of more than 100 million users, potentially making them a lucrative target for malicious actors. “By not following best-practices when configuring and integrating third-party cloud-services into applications, millions of users’ private data was exposed,” Check Point researchers said in an analysis published today and shared with The
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Spotify has announced three new features — buttons with increased readability features, options for text resizing, and a beta for podcast transcripts. These new features will reach Spotify with an update that will begin rolling out in the coming weeks for its Android and iOS apps. The transcripts feature will currently be available for Spotify
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Mozilla has begun rolling out a new security feature for its Firefox browser in nightly and beta channels that aims to protect users against a new class of side-channel attacks from malicious sites. Called “Site Isolation,” the implementation loads each website separately in its own operating system process and, as a result, prevents untrusted code
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Russia partially halted a punitive slowdown of Twitter on Monday after it deleted a large portion of content deemed illegal by Moscow, but warned other US Internet platforms to comply with local legislation or face similar penalties. State communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has since March impeded the speed of Twitter for not removing banned content quickly enough,
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Google I/O 2021 keynote took place on Tuesday where CEO Sundar Pichai and his team of executives announced a list of new developments, including the release of Android 12 and new Wear OS. In addition to the two major product-focussed announcements, Google announced its progress in bringing natural language understanding with a new language model
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In what could prove to be a major step towards exposing imposters who attend virtual conferences without anyone’s knowledge or on somebody’s behalf, the researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar in Punjab and Monash University, Australia, have developed a unique detector called FakeBuster. Not only does it expose imposters but also detects
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DarkSide, the hacker group behind the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack earlier this month, received $90 million in bitcoin payments following a nine-month ransomware spree, making it one of the most profitable cybercrime groups. “In total, just over $90 million in bitcoin ransom payments were made to DarkSide, originating from 47 distinct wallets,” blockchain analytics firm
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WhatsApp has a new chatbot aimed at helping fast-track COVID-19 vaccination process for senior citizens in India in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Zero funds volunteer organisation Robin Hood Army on Wednesday launched the WhatsApp chatbot that connects senior citizens with volunteers for help with the vaccination process. The chatbot can also be used
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In this article COIN Screenshot of the Coinbase site Coinbase Crypto-exchange company Coinbase was down Wednesday morning, as digital coin prices plunged. “We’re seeing some issues on Coinbase and Coinbase Pro and we’re aware some features may not be functioning completely normal,” the company said in a statement to CNBC. “We’re currently investigating these issues
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Google Health received new tools that will help users identify different dermatology issues through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a smartphone’s camera. Additionally, the AI will also help in screening Tuberculosis (TB) to identify potential patients for follow-up testing. Google’s AI technology will help users identify issues related to a user’s skin, hair, and nails. The
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Apple is preparing to release several new Mac laptops and desktops with faster processors, new designs, and improved connectivity to external devices, accelerating the company’s effort to replace Intel chips and leapfrog rival PC makers. The overhaul encompasses a broad range of Mac devices, including Apple’s higher-end laptop, the MacBook Pro; the laptop aimed at the mass
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