Tag Archives: Security Breach

iPhone State Sponsored Attackers Alert

As we witnessed in last couple of days, the way Opposition Leaders in Bharat made hue and Cry over the Apple Security Alert on probable State Sponsored Hacking, it was a real comic time for those who have been working the Information Security field. Now, when we look at the specific feature of Apple’s iPhone, …

Digital Data Protection Bill 2023 – India

With the Passage of Digital Data Protection Bill 2023 in the lower house (Loksabha) of Indian Parliament, a lot of furor and rumbling has started. However, it is important to analyse the Bill and understand the outcome from technical perspective. Digital Personal Data Protection Bill- 2023 (“The Bill”) is introduced as a full fledged law …

Data Security and Facebook

An online report published by CNET on September 4, 2019 identified that at least 419 million records  of phone numbers tied with Facebook accounts appeared in databases online. The report was based on the revelation by TechCrunch.  The exposure identified 133 million users from US alone and another 18 million and 50 million records from UK and Vietnam …