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Messaging Apps like WhatsApp to work only with active SIM, DoT tightens cyber norms
The Centre's latest directive means that these messaging services...
SC entrusts CBI with pan-India probe into digital arrest cases, asks States to accord assent
On November 3, the top court said it needs to deal with digital...
Delta CEO says airline is facing $500 million in costs from global tech outage
Speaking on CNBC, Bastian said Wednesday that the monetary amount represents lost revenue as well as “the tens of millions of dollars per day in compensation and hotels” for the five-day period. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian says the airline is facing $500 million in...
Malware attacks in India increase by 11%; 22% jump seen in ransomware
The report stated that a total of 78,923 never-before-seen malware variants were identified in the first five months of 2024. The threat landscape remains complex, with over 500 strains of new variants discovered each day, the report said New Delhi: Malware attacks in...
Almost all top Indian apps deploy deceptive design practices: ASCI study
The study by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) found that 52 of the top 53 apps have deceptive UI (user interface)/UX (user experience) practices that can mislead or trick users into doing something they originally did not intend or want to do Mumbai:...
CrowdStrike sued by shareholders over global outage
In a proposed class action filed on Tuesday night in the Austin, Texas federal court, shareholders said they learned that CrowdStrike’s assurances about its technology were materially false and misleading when a flawed software update disrupted airlines, banks,...
Small Indian banks back online after ransomware attack, payments authority says
The attack had affected C-Edge Technologies, a technology service provider to the banks. India has about 1,500 cooperative and rural regional banks, which largely serve customers in hinterland areas, one-fifth of which were affected by the attack MUMBAI: Nearly 300...
Boeing 737 MAX in India: No engine failures, Govt says
Out of the total fleet of 56 Boeing 737 Max aircraft registered and operating in India, he said there has been one recent occurrence in May 2024 on B737 Max aircraft of SpiceJet, wherein engine No 2 oil filter bypass light illuminated New Delhi: As many as 56 Boeing...
UIDAI can be asked to disclose data of missing person to court in exceptional cases: HC
The bench referred to the Supreme Court’s K S Puttuswamy judgment in which the right to privacy was held as a fundamental right and said it is a settled proposition that the data provided to the UIDAI while making an Aadhaar card is private and personal information of...
Spain fines Booking.com $448 million for abusing dominant position
Booking Holdings intends to appeal the fines as it strongly disagrees with the "outcome of CNMC's investigation", a company spokesperson said in an email, adding it considers the issue should be debated under the European Union's Digital Markets Act rules MADRID:...
Ransomware attack forces hundreds of small Indian banks offline, sources say
The attack affected C-Edge Technologies, a provider of banking technology systems to small banks across the country, they said MUMBAI: A ransomware attack on a technology service provider has forced payment systems across nearly 300 small Indian local banks to shut...
Meta to pay $1.4 billion to settle Texas facial recognition data lawsuit
The lawsuit, filed in 2022, was the first major case to be brought under Texas’ 2009 biometric privacy law, according to law firms tracking the litigation. A provision of the law provides damages of up to $25,000 per violation. Texas accused Facebook of capturing...