Data
Cloud Misconfiguration leads to data exposure of Android and iOS users
Cloud Misconfigurations are leading to the data exposure of users using android and iOS apps says a research carried out by Zimperium. And what’s surprising in this conformation is that the problems are occurring on platforms launched by world renowned tech companies like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Another highlight from the […]
Tinder achieves certification in Information Security Management System
Tinder, the most popular dating app among millennials has achieved for the first time a certification in Information Security Management System that endorses that the user data on the company servers remains well protected from all kinds of cyber threats. ISO/IEC 27001:2013 is the first information security certification provided to Tinder by Coalfire ISO that […]
WhatsApp gives new data privacy deadline of May 15
All you WhatsApp users across the world, here’s a news piece that needs your attention on an urgent note. The Facebook subsidiary has issued a fresh set of policy updates in which it clearly specified that the users will have to accept its new data sharing rules that will become mandatory from May 15th,2021. Earlier, […]
How to keep backed up data safe from ransomware attacks
We all know that most of the ransomware attacks take place on Windows environments and so security experts are recommending to use something other than the Microsoft giant propelled operating systems for data backups. However, the fact is that most popular backup products are developed to run primarily on the Satya Nadella led company’s software […]
Google collects the following data from its users
All these days we have seen many media speculations that Google collects some personalized data of its users for advertising and development purposes. But there was no official announcement from the Alphabet Inc’s subsidiary on the issue. On Wednesday, Google made an official announcement on the data collection it does and is as follows- Google […]
China has stolen 80% of data belonging to US Adults
In one of the astonishing revelations made in the 60 minutes report aired on an American Television channel CBS, china seems to have stolen data of almost 80% of US Adults. No wait, there is more! Recently, china based BGI Group has approached 6 of the different states with a proposal to construct R&D labs […]
Deleted X rated photos of college pupils exposed by hackers
Fleek app that was started in 2015 on Georgetown University and now defunct has become the talk among many sophomores of some major universities across America. Reason, a cloud configuration error committed on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) bucket is said to have exposed over 377,000 files- 32GB information and that includes X rated deleted […]
Bitglass Security Spotlight: Popular Messaging App Exposes Users’ Private Data.
This post was originally published by Will Houcheime. Go SMS Pro, a popular Android messaging app, had it’s photos, videos and other files exposed due to a bug. Security researchers discovered that when a user sends a file to a non-user, the app uploads the file to its servers and generates a web address so […]
How Google protects its customer data from Cyber Threats
Almost every human being in this materialistic world who uses online services is familiar with Google and its products; as in the past few years the tech giant has evolved into a massive data centric business. Last month, the company sent an automated email to some of its long-time customers saying how it protects their […]
Apple sues recycling firm for reselling iPhones without data wipe
Apple Inc has sued recycling firm GEEP Canada for reselling iPhones, iPads and Watches that were meant to be disassembled after a data wipe. This was confirmed after an audit in 2018, when Apple learnt that over 11,766 pounds of old devices have left the premises without the data on them wiped efficiently. In what […]
