Researchers say that one can be allowed to “put words in people’s mouths” with the help of a new tool that the recently released and which exploits a vulnerability in Facebook’s Whatsapp. How alteration of the text within quoted messages can done with the help of the tool was demonstrated by a team from cybersecurity…
There has been a surge in the rental rates of older planes as airlines turn to such crafts to cater to the growing demand for the industry given the global grounding of the 737 Max planes of Boeing has now entered in the sixth month. “Used 800s are like a gold dust at the moment,”…
According to the claims of the cybersecurity firm FireEye, cyber spying activities for the Chinese government in 14 different countries had been undertaken by a group of state-sponsored hackers in China even as the group also conducted hacking for making personal gains. The Chinese hacking group is called APT41, according to the cyber security company,…
Faecbook wants to publish news content of news publishers on its social media platform and is reportedly holding talks with such companies. Reports have suggested that the largest social media company is ready to “millions of dollars” to get the rights to the news content materials. For years, Facebook has been criticized by many because…
The United States based ride hailing company Uber reported quarterly loss that was below the market expectations which sent the company shares soaring down. Increased competition resulted in the slowdown of revenue growth which led the company to report its highest quarterly loss ever. There is heavy spending being made by Uber and its rivals…
Apple launched the challenge at the annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. In order to remove exploitable vulnerabilities from its mobile operating system, Apple Inc has announced a bounty of up to $1 million to cyber security researchers who detect flaws in iPhones. This is the largest ever reward Apple has offered to…
Despite its launch, Huawei is continuing to stick to Android to support its app developers. Without apps there will not be a market for its OS. On Friday, Huawei Technologies launched its proprietary operating system for smartphones and other devices. Following continued theft of U.S. intellectual property, in May 2019 the U.S. had imposed curbs…
Information about Amazon’s voice activated virtual assistant Alexa has been sought from the company by the privacy regulators of Luxembourg which clearly indicates there are increasing concerns among the regulators about how the company makes us eof personal data of users – especially voice data. Politicians and privacy enforcers are now getting incerasingly concerned about…
Salesforce sees synergy in the deal as it would help it accelerate the growth of its Service Cloud platform. On Thursday, U.S. cloud-based service provider Salesforce stated, it has signed an agreement to acquire ClickSoftware, an Israeli software developer, for $1.35 billion in cash and shares. The acquisition of ClickSoftware, which makes cloud-based field service…
The development revolves around a highly invasive technology called Mobile Device Management. On Thursday, antitrust authorities in Russia disclosed, they have begun investigating Apple Inc following a complaint from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab that Cupertino may be abusing its dominant market position. Russia’s FAS stated it was investigating why a new version of Kaspersky Lab’s…
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