FB sues programmer who allegedly scraped data for 178 mn users

FB sues programmer who allegedly scraped data for 178 mn users

Tech giant Facebook has sued Ukrainian national Alexander Solonchenko for allegedly scraping data for more than 178 million users. Solonchenko reportedly exploited Messenger’s contact import feature by using an automated tool that mimicked Android devices, citing The Record, Engadget reported on Saturday. He fed Facebook millions of phone numbers and gathered data whenever the site […]

Snap’s stock nosedives 22% as Apple privacy changes hit ad biz

Snap’s stock nosedives 22% as Apple privacy changes hit ad biz

 Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat, saw its stock tumbling 22 per cent after missing revenue expectations for its third-quarter (Q3) earnings. However, daily active users on Snapchat rose 23 per cent (year-over-year) to 306 million. The shares fell as Apple’s iPhone privacy changes disrupted Snap’s advertising business. In an earnings call late on […]

Google Play commission cut still a ‘Lagaan’ on developers

Google Play commission cut still a ‘Lagaan’ on developers

The Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF), an industry body for more than 440 digital startups, on Friday hit out at Google, calling its Play Store commission cut a deflect and distract tactic — nothing but a reduced ‘Lagaan’. The search engine giant Google has announced that it will cut the service fee for all […]

Hackers mining third-party apps to steal your health data

Hackers mining third-party apps to steal your health data

Hospitals and health care systems have become a major target for hackers during the Covid-19 pandemic and a new report has claimed that third-party apps that pull patient data from electronic health record (EHR) systems are vulnerable to hacking. The researchers at app security company Approov were able to access over 4 million patient and […]

Dell unveils new telecom software, solutions to boost 5G in India

Dell unveils new telecom software, solutions to boost 5G in India

As India takes advanced steps to launch 5G technology soon, Dell Technologies has introduced new telecom software, solutions and services to help communications service providers (CSPs) accelerate their open, cloud-native network deployments and create new revenue opportunities at the edge. With the launch of 5G in India, consumers are anticipating mobile networks, which will support […]

India now 2nd most targeted nation after US

India now 2nd most targeted nation after US

 India now ranks second only to the US in most security threats on Cloud, followed by Australia, Canada and Brazil, and malware was the technique used most often in reported incidents, a new report showed on Monday. With the shift to a more flexible pandemic workforce, cyber criminals have introduced new and updated threats and […]

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