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IBM : Cyber-Criminals Are Targeting The COVID-19 Vaccine Cold Chain
IBM Security X-Force uncovered a global phishing campaign targeting organizations associated with a COVID-19 cold chain. The cold chain is a component of the vaccine supply chain that ensures the safe preservation of vaccines in temperature-controlled environments during their storage and transportation.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 4, 2020
2 min read
Apple Fined $12M By Italy Over iPhone Water-Resistance Claims
Italy has fined Apple 10 million euros (about $12 million) over "aggressive and misleading" business practices surrounding the iPhone's water-resistance, according to the country's national competition authority.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 3, 2020
1 min read
YouTube Is Offering Free Premium Memberships For 3 Months In US
Google is offering free trial to YouTube Premium for eligible members to celebrate the rest of Cyber Week. Until Sunday, December 6, YouTube will let you sign up for a Premium membership that won't start billing you until well into 2021.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 2, 2020
1 min read
AWS Brings macOS Instances On EC2
Amazon Web Service (AWS) announces the Mac mini to its cloud. These new EC2 Mac instances, as AWS calls them, are now available in preview. The instances will use a combination of Mac mini hardware and the AWS Nitro abstraction layer, which will allow macOS...
Bijay Pokharel,
December 1, 2020
1 min read
Zoom Reports Results For Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2021
Zoom announced financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2020. The third quarter revenue surged a whopping 367% from a year ago as the company now has 433,700 customers with more than 10 employees. The company reported third quarter net income of $198.4 million, or...
Bijay Pokharel,
December 1, 2020
2 min read
How To Deactivate Or Delete Your Instagram Account
Instagram is a fun way to explore your creative side while taking photos and sharing them with your friends. It’s a great platform to share your work or build a personal brand. It’s also an amazing way to discover great content from around the world. However,...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 30, 2020
2 min read
Amazon Workers At German Warehouse To Strike Again
A trade union on Sunday called on workers at a German Amazon warehouse to strike for the second time in a week to disrupt the processing of orders following the ‘Black Friday’ discount shopping sales on Nov. 27, Reuters reports. Some 500 workers took part...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 30, 2020
1 min read
Facebook’s Libra Currency Could Debut In January
Facebook-backed cryptocurrency controversial could launch as early as January, as report by the Financial Times. Libra is a permissioned blockchain-based payment system proposed by the American social media company Facebook, Inc. The plan also includes a private currency implemented as a cryptocurrency. According to TechCrunch, stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that don’t fluctuate in value against the real-world money they’re...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 29, 2020
1 min read
Suspected North Korean Hackers Targeted COVID Vaccine Maker AstraZeneca : Reuters
Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. The hackers posed as recruiters on...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 28, 2020
1 min read
Canon Publicly Acknowledge August Ransomware Attack
Canon has confirmed that the cyberattack suffered in early August was caused by ransomware and that the hackers stole data from company servers. “We identified a security incident involving ransomware on August 4, 2020. We immediately began to investigate, a cybersecurity firm was engaged, and...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 27, 2020
1 min read
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Experienced A Multi-Hour Outage Affecting Many Websites
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been experiencing a multi-hour outage that is affecting a large portion of the internet. Amazon said the issue was largely localized to North America, and that it was working on a resolution. Meanwhile, a number of other companies, such as...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 26, 2020
1 min read
2FA Bypass Flaw Could Affect Over 70 Million Sites
Digital Defense, Inc., a leader in vulnerability and threat management solutions, announced that its Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) uncovered a previously undisclosed vulnerability affecting the cPanel & WebHost Manager (WHM) web hosting platform. cPanel & WHM version 11.90.0.5 (90.0 Build 5) exhibits a two-factor authentication bypass flaw, vulnerable...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2020
1 min read
Twitter To Resume Verification Early Next Year
The micro-blogging site Twitter announced on Tuesday that it would resume its verification process early next year along with brand-new guidelines for users seeking out that small, blue badge. In Twitter’s Tuesday blog post, the company confirmed that this new system would roll out in...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2020
2 min read
What Is A Dictionary Attack ? Here’s How Can You Can Prevent It
A dictionary attack is based on trying all the strings in a pre-arranged listing. Such attacks originally used words one would find in a dictionary. However, now there are much larger lists available on the open Internet that contain hundreds of millions of passwords recovered...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2020
4 min read
Over 300K Spotify Accounts Hacked In Credential Stuffing Attack
VPNMentor’s research team has discovered a possible credential stuffing operation whose origins are unknown, but that affected some online users who also have Spotify accounts. Credential stuffing is a hacking technique that takes advantage of weak passwords that consumers use — and often re-use — online....
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2020
2 min read
Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Deactivating Or Deleting Your Facebook Account In 2021
Copies of your information may remain after the 90 days in backup storage that Facebook uses to recover in the event of a disaster, software error, or other data loss event. Facebook may also keep your information for things like legal issues, terms violations, or...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2020
4 min read
Java vs JavaScript: Everything You Need To Know!
A programming language is a formal language comprising a set of instructions that produce various kinds of output. Programming languages are used in computer programming to implement algorithms. Most programming languages consist of instructions for computers. There are programmable machines that use a set of specific instructions, rather than general programming languages.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 23, 2020
3 min read
Manchester United Football Club Discloses Cyber Security Breach
European football club Manchester United disclosed on late Friday a cyber-security incident that impacted its internal systems. The football club said it’s still investigating the incident and couldn’t say if the breach allowed the intruders to access data associated with fans or store customers. While...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 22, 2020
1 min read
From Windows 1 to Windows 10: 35 Years Of Windows Evolution
Microsoft’s Windows operating system was first introduced in 1985. It was a huge milestone that paved the way for the modern versions of Windows we use today. While Windows 10 doesn’t look anything like Windows 1.0, it still has many of its original fundamentals like...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 21, 2020
10 min read
PayPal Launches New Crowdsourced Fundraising Platform With Limits
PayPal is expanding its fundraising efforts with today’s launch of the Generosity Network. Unlike the PayPal Giving Fund, which helps people support charities through online donations, the new Generosity Network lets people raise money for themselves, other individuals in need, or organizations like a small business or a charity, Techcrunch...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 20, 2020
1 min read
