In simpler, internet-less times, looting banks required physical presence of masked, gun-bearing robbers. If banks were proactive enough, they could take down the robbers and prevent the loot with tight security force or hamper an ongoing robbery by calling in additional help. Nowadays, with internet [...]
Facebook made a blunder, again! It failed, ignored, or possibly forgot to encrypt the passwords of more than 600 million users. Since 2012, these passwords were stored in plain text, accessible to its nearly 20,000 employees. The worst part is, it was completely clueless [...]
‘Camouflage’ refers to hiding or disguising one’s presence in a manner that makes it nigh impossible for others to identify/recognize someone. While natural camouflage is an incredible thing – and increases an animal’s chances of survival by deceiving predators, – acting as a weapon for them [...]
The days of developers creating every line of code from scratch are over. The intense demand for newer, better software means development cycles have become correspondingly intense. Moreover, the need for Continuous Testing/Development, and Continuous Integration is growing, as Application Development keeps getting complex. [...]
In a recently reported incident, the North Korea-linked Lazarus hackers infected the bank’s debit card payment system with malware and withdrew money from ATMs in 28 countries. Incidentally, this group of hackers has a reputation for conducting highly coordinated global raids — such as the $81 million theft [...]
The time has elapsed when Security Testing was compared to a ‘strong firewall’. Over the last few years of ‘digital’ uncertainty and ‘transformation’ risks, enterprises have started looking at ‘not so obvious’ security scares. It is generally assumed that security is a concern just [...]
With a view to address issues related to safety of Medical devices, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to propose new frameworks to protect consumers and enhance medical device cybersecurity. It has released the Medical Device Safety Action Plan: Protecting Patients, [...]
Facebook Users across the globe are questioning its privacy policies and security gateways. The social media giant is already making amends to regain the wavering trust of its users by placing the control of data into their hands in much more confirming ways. Alongside, [...]
Millennials with new technology interfaces are shifting the entertainment zones from television to mobile-based or device-based applications. Preferences are changing, which is impacting the overall application development cycle. There is no scope for any downtime or hiccups in customer experience. For instance, how long [...]
Data statics published by IFLSCIENCE has stated that ‘Ninety percent of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone.’ The article further mentions, ‘As a whole, the Internet population has grown by 7.5 percent since 2016 and now [...]
