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Cyber Security: UIDAI seeks 20 ethical hackers to protect its data, plug security bugs

Amid increasing cyber attacks against key infrastructure and government websites in India, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has quietly announced a "bug bounty programme" to hire 20 ethical hackers to protect its website and resources from nation-state bad actors.

Jul 23, 2022

Meta opposes CCI probe in Delhi HC; says FB can't be investigated 'due to' WhatsApp [details]

Opposing the Competition Commission of India (CCI)'s probe into the latest WhatsApp privacy policy, its parent company Meta (formerly Facebook) on Friday told the Delhi High Court that the government authority cannot investigate it only because it owns the instant messaging platform.

Jul 22, 2022

Gautam Adani's is now world's fourth richest; wealthier than Bill Gates, Mukesh Ambani [see list]

Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani's net worth has reached $115.5 billion (Rs 9.2 lakh crore), making him the fourth richest person in the world.

Jul 21, 2022

Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure now made available for all users

The Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure is now generally available and Azure Cloud customers can directly access and monitor enterprise-grade services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the companies have announced.

Jul 21, 2022

After Microsoft, Meta and Google, Apple to slow down hiring for 2023: Report

After Microsoft, Meta and Google, Apple has reportedly become the next Big Tech company to slow down hiring for 2023 owing to tough global macroeconomic conditions.

Jul 19, 2022

Google Play to hide app permissions; makes developers responsible for data collection [details]

Google is set to no longer show permissions it automatically gathers from apps on its Play Store, giving developers control over what they wish to disclose to users on data collection.

Jul 18, 2022

Teenage Pregnancy and Abortion Rates Decline, New Study Reports

Abortion is legal in India with medical access for all; what about stigma [details]

The Centre for Justice, Law and Society at Jindal Global Law School, in collaboration with Ipas Development Foundation, has developed "Access to Safe and Legal Abortion: A Handbook on Abortion Laws for Healthcare Service Providers in India".

Jul 18, 2022

Lookout circular against 3 Chinese nationals in loan app scam; over 1 lakh duped [details]

A lookout circular has been issued by against three Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in a mobile loan app scam, Odisha Police said on Sunday.

Jul 17, 2022

Subway Surfers mostly downloaded in India, US in June; beats Free Fire: Report

India, with 14.7 per cent of all downloads, and the US, with 10.2 per cent, had the most Subway Surfers downloads in June of this year, says a new report.

Jul 17, 2022

Streaming platform 'YouTube TV' hits 5 mn subscribers in 5 years

Google-owned streaming platform YouTube has announced that YouTube TV is celebrating 5 million subscribers and testers in five years.

Jul 13, 2022

Puducherry police begins crackdown on 69 loan apps for extortion, blackmail

The cyber police in Puducherry have registered a case against 69 loan apps following complaints of extortion, threats and blackmailing by these fintech apps.

Jul 13, 2022

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team warns users of multiple bugs in Google Chrome, Zoho software

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), which comes under the IT Ministry, has warned users of multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and denial-of-service (DoS) conditions on the targeted system.

Jul 7, 2022

FaceBook sues Chinese firm Octopus for scraping data from FB, Instagram

Meta has sued Octopus, a US subsidiary of a Chinese high-tech enterprise, and a Turkish individual for scraping data from Facebook, Instagram and other big tech platforms.

Jul 6, 2022

Odisha EOW asks Google to remove 45 'illegal' loan apps from Play Store

1 in 2 Indians victims of extortion, data misuse due to instant loan apps, reveals survey

A new report by community social media platform LocalCircles released on Tuesday showed that over 54 per cent of citizens surveyed experienced extortion or data misuse during the collection process from instant loan apps