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Japan messenger app Line let engineers in China access user data without consent: Report

"There hasn't been anything that breached legal or regulatory boundaries," a spokesman for Line said." We will continue to respond to laws and regulations in all jurisdictions, including Japan."

Chinese hackers target telecoms companies worldwide


A hacking group, believed to be working out of China, is reportedly targeting telecom companies around the world in a bid to steal 5G technology secrets, among other sensitive information.


Higher Ed Urged to Increase Focus on Cyber Threat Intelligence


During a FireEye webinar today, Zach Furst, deputy CISO of the University of Iowa, stressed the importance of leveraging threat intelligence to secure higher education networks and research.


SBI, ICICI, HDFC, Axis Bank, PNB, and the Indian IT department targeted in a phishing scam


Cybercriminals are trying to lure Indian users into revealing important personal information with a new report on Monday warning that suspicious messages asking users to submit an application for the disbursement of income tax refund have been doing the rounds, with a link that directs users to a webpage looking like the income tax e-filing web page.


Ransomware attack on Pimpri Chinchwad Smart City servers managed by Tech Mahindra


Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Smart City has not suffered any data loss due to a ransomware attack late last month and has not paid the ransom to the hackers.


Facebook to help 50 million people get vaccines, to add labels to fake posts


Facebook is adding a label on posts that discuss the safety of Covid-19 vaccines, that notes Covid-19 vaccines go through tests for safety and effectiveness before they're approved.


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DNIF is an open Analytics Platform that uses Deep-Tech to Auto-magically identify Outliers in user's applications and systems in general. DNIF connects the dots in a High-velocity data lake to uncover scenarios that directly impact business thereby mitigating risks and increasing efficiency. It combines the features of traditional software with advanced technologies such as security analytics, SOAR, UEBA, and security data lake to bring power and efficiency to security operation centers of all sizes. It has one of the fastest response times in the industry and bridges the gap between searching, processing, analyzing, and visualizing data. DNIF offers solutions to the world’s most challenging cybersecurity problems.

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