Security

Microsoft AI Team Accidentally Exposes 38TB Of Company Data

Kavita Iyer — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:25:14 +0000

Microsoft AI’s division researchers accidentally leaked 38TB of the company’s private data while publishing open-source AI training material updates on GitHub. The leak, which was happening since July 2020, was discovered by the researchers at cloud security firm Wiz three years later. Microsoft AI Team Accidentally Exposes 38TB Of Company Data According to Wiz, the […]

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YouTube’s Latest Test Cracks Down On Ad-Blockers

Kavita Iyer — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 12:07:20 +0000

YouTube is testing a new experiment that restricts users from using ad blockers while watching videos on the platform. YouTube’s Latest Test Cracks Down On Ad-Blockers According to a Reddit post by a Redditor Reddit_n_Me, the world’s largest video-sharing service is displaying a pop-up notification to some users who are trying to watch YouTube videos with […]

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Chrome Web Store Removes 34 Malicious Chrome Extensions

Kavita Iyer — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 11:31:52 +0000

Google has removed 34 malicious browser extensions from its Chrome Web Store that collectively had a download count of 87 million. Although these extensions featured legitimate functionality, they could modify search results and push spam or unwanted ads. Last month, an independent cybersecurity researcher Wladimir Palant discovered a browser extension called ‘PDF Toolbox’ (2 million downloads) for Google Chrome that had a […]

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WhatsApp Could Be Blocked in the UK, Says WhatsApp CEO

Inderpreet — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 16:38:53 +0000

It may be a piece of bad news for WhatsApp users in the United Kingdom as the company’s CEO, Will Cathcart, officially revealed that their app could get banned in the country due to some reasons. Meta-owned WhatsApp actually has the choice to keep its platform in the UK, but they believe they have to […]

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Activision Faced Data Breach That Exposed Next Call of Duty’s Info

Inderpreet — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:41:41 +0000

Activision Blizzard and Microsoft’s deal is already making huge changes in the community, but in the background of it, Activision faced a data breach in early December 2022, which is now confirmed. This incident was similar to all other security breaches, as the reports are saying Activision’s sensitive data related to its employees and upcoming […]

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T-Mobile’s 37 Million Customer’s Data Captured By Hacker

Inderpreet — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 21:09:45 +0000

T-Mobile, the mobile telecommunication company, faced another data breach this month, in which hackers stole around its 37 million customer’s account data. And this is not their first breach in security, as they already faced one in 2021. And this data breach didn’t happen sometime last week as it happened on 5th January, and the […]

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LastPass Confesses, Hacker Stole Customers’ Password Vaults

Inderpreet — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:11:43 +0000

LastPass has faced multiple cyber attacks this year; though it was able to protect customers’ encrypted password vaults, now, it cannot stand in that position as it revealed that hackers stole data even from customers’ encrypted password vaults. The company has revealed that via blog updates regarding the ‘Recent Security Incident’ and their commitment to […]

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LastPass Faced Data Breach That Compromised Customer’s Data

Navpreet — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:45:15 +0000

LastPass has faced another cyber security incident just two months after an earlier security incident. The company’s CEO, Karim Toubba, has noted all these details via a public report. And this report has also clarified that some of their customer’s information has also been compromised in this security breach, so let’s discuss it briefly below. […]

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Twitter’s 5.4 Million Users’ Data Leaked By Hacker

Navpreet — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 01:52:26 +0000

A new report regarding a Twitter user’s data leak indicates that hackers have leaked more than 5.4 million users’ data on a hacker forum. While the leaked data has been achieved from Twitter API’s bug that was fixed by Twitter’s security folks in January of this year, so this data was breached before, and hackers […]

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WhatsApp Desktop Will Soon Get Password Protected Feature

Navpreet — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:59:36 +0000

As spotted in the beta version, WhatsApp’s desktop version might soon get a new security feature that gives users the ability to protect it with a password. Meta’s owned WhatsApp already has a sort type of feature in the iOS and Android versions, and users are also allowed to use any third-party screen locker, but […]

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