Privacy
Google triggers privacy concerns among users of Nest Security Systems
Google issued a public apology yesterday for not mentioning the presence of a secret Mic in all its Nest devices. The Internet Juggernaut claims that the microphone was apparently added to the device in order to assist the device users with future innovations. But as the company failed to specify it in its specs sheet, […]
France imposes 50M Euros penalty on Google for targeted advertising
France data watchdog has imposed a hefty fine of 50 million Euros on Google for making it difficult to users to understand and manage preferences on how their personal information is being used and how they are being targeted by ads. CNIL or the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty is said to have imposed […]
Cyber Attack news on Katie Price and Data Privacy triggering Mercy Killing
A hacker with the Twitter account ‘Thedarkoverlord’ has threatened model turned businesswoman ‘Katie Price’ to share her surgery related photos and videos with the world. A spokesperson of the 40-year-old singer turned designer has confirmed the news early today and said that the internationally reputed star is being constantly harassed online by the said hacker. […]
Information Security Digital Privacy law tops EU Google’s Search List 2018
From May 25th, 2018 European Union announced the world’s toughest rules for companies offering online services to the populace of the region. And the internet juggernaut Google has claimed that its search engine was fueled with queries related to the digital privacy law in the whole of 2018. As per the most search stats released […]
Espionage on all computers by Indian Government
Indian government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi has decided to snoop on all the computers operating in the subcontinent from early next year. The decision was taken by the central government on late Thursday ( Dec 20, 2018) and was made public to the populace from Friday. A spokesperson from the […]
US Parliament seizes Facebook owner’s data sharing emails
Despite the court order of keeping the investigation & findings private, the US parliament has seized all private documents including emails related to data sharing from Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The news is out that the evidence proving Facebook as guilty in the Cambridge Analytica Scandal will be presented before the Senate early […]
Instagram user passwords exposed due to Security Flaw
Instagram, the photo and video sharing social networking website owned by Facebook is in news this week for all wrong reasons. Reports are out that a large portion of user passwords from the 268 million user base was leaked to the dark web recently due to a security flaw. Instagram’s ‘Download Your Data’ tool is […]
Intel Corp drafts data privacy bill for the United States
Intel Corp, the world-renowned silicon chip maker of America has taken the privilege of drafting a data privacy bill for the populace of United States. Moreover, the chipmaker expects a sponsorship for the bill from Congress that would shield companies from paying heavy penalties during cyber attacks-provided they attest to the US Fed Trade Commission […]
Microsoft wants to work with Trump as it did with Obama on Cybersecurity
Microsoft, the American Multinational Technological company has taken a vow to work with US President Donald Trump as it did with Barack Obama previously on Cybersecurity. The company’s main objective behind this initiative is to protect US citizens from Cyberthreats of all range coming from hackers, groups, and adversaries. The decision was announced by Microsoft […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
On October 31st, 2018 the third phase of the public hearing has started on the Cyber Attack related to SingHealth. And to surprise us all, some interesting facts came into light. This includes the reality that the senior manager and some senior staff members of the healthcare provider showed reluctance in disclosing the cyber incident […]
