To further accelerate industry migration toward open security, IBM is also spearheading open-source projects to make security tools work together natively across the security ecosystem.
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Quora appoints Gurmit Singh as India GM to boost presence
Leading knowledge sharing platform Quora on Friday announced it has hired Gurmit Singh as its India GM to lead business growth in the market which has over 70 million monthly unique visitors in English.
Why Jeff Bezos picked books to be Amazon's first product
Do you know why Jeff Bezos decided to sell books, and not CDs, online 22 years ago? A rediscovered 1997 video has revealed why the richest man of Earth chose books over CDs to be Amazon's first product.
SpaceX launches 60 mini satellites for cheaper global Internet
Elon Musk-run SpaceX has launched 60 "Starlink" satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida that will bring cheaper Internet access to the world.
Google secretly gathering health data of Americans: Report
Google is reportedly gathering health information of millions of US citizens -- without informing them or their doctors -- to design an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven software, the media reported.
YouTube to terminate account access if not 'commercially viable'
Content creators have criticised new Terms of Service from Google-owned YouTube that gives the company power to terminate account access for users if it deems the account is 'no longer commercially viable'.
Sanjay Gupta appointed Google India's new Country Manager
According to the tech giant, Gupta will contribute to the company's ongoing efforts to expand the Internet ecosystem in the country, driving Internet adoption among consumers and businesses and accelerating innovation.
Twitter celebrates 25 years of 'Andaz Apna Apna'
The cult comedy 'Andaz Apna Apna', starring Aamir Khan and Salman Khan, released 25 years ago on November 4, and the film became a trending topic all through.
Cybercriminals using enterprise-based strategies for phishing
The report also revealed that phishing is no longer just an email-based threat, but has expanded to include social media and mobile devices, creating a wide-reaching problem that touches all industries.
'Snooping revelation could be WhatsApp ploy on traceability'
'Government agencies have a well-established protocol for an interception from highly ranked officials in Central and state governments for clearly stated reasons in the national interest,' he had said.
India's 'weak' cyber security needs immediate overhaul
The policy formulated by India in 2013 towards cyber security looks more like a failed model in the current scenario. While India ranked 23 in global security arrangements in 2017, Britain was several places ahead at 12.
Malware sending 30,000 'sextortion' emails per hour: Report
Global cybersecurity company Check Point on Thursday said after a five-month research project, it exposed Phorpiex (aka Trik) botnet that is using people to unknowingly send 30,000 sextortion emails per hour.
Nokia partners with Wipro to develop 5G ecosystem in India
'We are thrilled to be an open-innovation partner to Nokia to work on innovative and creative 5G use cases,' K R Sanjiv, Chief technology Officer, Wipro, said in a statement.
Google will require all devices to run Android 10 after Jan 31
After the above mentioned date, Google will only approve new devices running the latest Android version, Android 10 and the company will stop approving new devices running Android 9 Pie.
US, China must shun individual interests: Microsoft President
According to Smith, governments should be more circumspect and careful when considering tactics that make a point through criminal prosecutions or other serious legal actions against specific firms of individuals'.
Google secretly sharing users' data with advertisers: Report
The settlement requires Google and YouTube to pay $136 million to the FTC and $34 million to New York for allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule.
Over 419mn Facebook users' phone numbers exposed online
The database included 133 million records of US-based Facebook users, 18 million records of UK users and more than 50 million records of users in Vietnam, TechCrunch reported on Wednesday.
Microsoft to pay hackers for Bug Bounty Programme
Information disclosure and remote code execution will be awarded between $1,000 and $10,000 and elevation of privilege will rake in between $5,000 to $15,000, Digital Trends reported on Sunday.
Four Twitter handles suspended for spreading 'rumours' about J&K
Four Twitter handles have been suspended after the government told Twitter to remove certain accounts linked to people from outside Jammu and Kashmir which are spreading rumours on the platform, said sources on Monday.
Facebook AR device to let you type with your mind
Facebook is supporting a team of researchers at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) who are working to help patients with neurological damage speak again by detecting intended speech from brain activity in real time.
Cisco partners Google to launch free high-speed WiFi in India
Even as telecom infrastructure has become increasingly robust and ubiquitous, public access to high-speed data is critical for connecting over 800 million Indians who still are not online.
E-mail attacks giving sleepless night to IT professionals
Companies surveyed include small, mid-sized, and enterprise businesses in technology, financial services, education, healthcare, manufacturing, government, telecommunication, retail and other industries.
Google contractors listening to your bedroom talks via Assistant
Third-party contractors working for Google are recording and secretly listening to your bedroom conversations via Google Assistant on smartphones, home speakers and security cameras, a new report has claimed,
WhatsApp maintains its stand on India's message traceability call
Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday said it has nothing fresh to add to the Indian government's demand to trace the origin of messages on its platform as it 'undermined the privacy of the people'.
Apple nurturing young Indian coders to create Next-Gen apps
Apart from empowering developers via its Bengaluru-based App Accelerator, Apple has taken another significant leap: nurturing young talent in coding across schools and colleges in India.