Hundreds of thousands of applications at risk from unpatched Python bug, say researchers
Python has warned developers about the 15-year-old vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to gain code execution from an arbitrary
Get rid of unencrypted email, fax in health sector, urge Canadian privacy regulators
Privacy czars call on governments, hospitals and medical proividers to create a modern and secure digital infr
Canadian SMBs, employees criticized for poor cybersecurity practices
A survey by the Insurance Bureau of Canada suggests only half of firms use multifactor authentication. 19 per cent of respondents said they download unapproved apps on wo
Facebook negatively impacts mental health, Study shows
A study led by researchers at Tel Aviv University, MIT Slogan School of Management and Bocconi University reveals new insights into the negative impact of Facebook on the mental health of American college students. Results include a 7% increase in the number of students who reported having suffered from depression so severe that it was […]
Hackers increasingly use “domain shadowing” in Cyberattacks
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks uncovered 12,197 instances in which threat actors used “domain shadowing” in cyberattacks. Domain shadowing is a subcategory of DNS hijacking. It involves threat actors compromising the DNS of a legitimate domain to host their own subdomains for use in malicious activities. The subdomains are used to create malicious pages on […]
Windows 11 to offer better protection against brute-force attacks
The newly released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25206 for the Dev Channel will ensure that Windows 11 SMB server is better protected against brute-force attacks. Microsoft has enabled the SMB authentication rate limiter by default and tweaking some of its settings to make such attacks less effective. Once turned on, the feature adds a […]
Apple may move a quarter of iPhone production to India by 2025
Analysts at J.P. Morgan, a New York City-based multinational investment bank and financial services holding company, predict that Apple will produce one in four iPhones in India by 2025. The technology giant is taking conscious efforts to shift production away from China amid growing trade frictions and rigorously enforced COVID-19 bans. Analysts, led by Gokul […]
Amazon adds 71 new projects to its renewable energy project
Amazon has announced it will add 2.7 gigawatts of clean energy through 71 new projects as part of its goal of using 100% renewable energy across its business by 2025. The new projects include three large-scale plants in India with a total capacity of 420 megawatts, rooftop solar projects in France and Austria, a solar […]
India offers incentive program to boost chip production
According to India’s junior IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, India is expecting total investment of at least $25 billion through its new incentive system aimed at boosting local production of chips and display panels. His comments came just hours after the Indian government increased fiscal support for new semiconductor facilities to cover 50% of project costs […]
TikTok to review political accounts and ban donations to elections
TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance and known for dance videos and comedy skits will begin verifying accounts of U.S. government departments, politicians and political parties, and will ban campaign fundraising videos. TikTok and other social media platforms have been criticized for years for allowing such content to flourish on their platforms, prompting TikTok to […]
