Zoom is launching a feature called Security that sets all privacy settings to highest level, including putting passwords and filtering conference attendees.
The video conferencing app was accused of unauthorised disclosure of private information to third parties & hiding the truth about flaws in the software encryption.
While it’s true Zoom has made mistakes, its problems stem from unintended consequences of demand explosion in unexpected ways than from nefarious behaviour.
Cybersecurity researchers fear Zoom disruptions could be precursor to more harmful attacks allowing hackers to access secure files or other corporate software.
The hackers are allegedly from two groups — one identifies itself as ‘One Hat Cyber Team’, the other as ‘Legion’. A group named Legion had also reportedly hacked Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account.
Former NSA M.K. Narayanan said at a conclave that 21st century had failed to throw up a new ideology to fill void created by end of communism and liberalism.
Check Point, an Israeli cybersecurity firm, said it alerted WhatsApp about three potential flaws late last year but the company said only one of them has been addressed.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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