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Drive-by download attacks involve downloading malicious code onto an unsuspecting users computer when they visit a website or fill up a form.

Cyber attacks on India rise, here's what you can do to keep your data...

India sees second highest drive-by download attacks in Asia Pacific region in 2019, says Microsoft

29 July 2020 6:09 PM IST

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not a fan of social media despite a large following on various platforms. According to the new law, a social media company must designate a local representative, who will be tasked with responding to individual requests to take down content violating privacy and personal rights within 48 hours or to provide grounds for rejection. The company would be held liable for damages if the content is not removed or blocked within 24 hours. (Photo | AP)

Turkey's new social media law will erode freedom of expression, says...

Over 408,000 websites are blocked in Turkey, and it also leads the world in Twitter removal requests, with 6,000 demands...

29 July 2020 5:08 PM IST

The interior of SpaceshipTwo Cabin during a flight. Highly detailed amenities to enhance the customer experience were shown in an online event Tuesday, July 28, 2020, revealing the cabin of the companys rocket plane, a type called SpaceShipTwo, which is undergoing testing in preparation for commercial service. There are a dozen windows for viewing, seats capable of being customized to each of six passengers and mood lighting. (Virgin Galactic via AP)

Virgin Galactic shows off new space plane for rich tourists

Passengers flying the spaceship will be able to see analog reflections of themselves floating in the space against the...

29 July 2020 12:53 PM IST

The video, which shows a group of doctors claiming masks and lockdowns were not required to halt the disease, had been watched by 14 million people on Facebook before it was removed, according to The Washington Post. (Photo | AP)

Twitter removes virus misinformation video retweeted by Trump after...

The footage shared false information about cures and treatments for COVID-19 .

28 July 2020 9:04 PM IST

Initially Flipkart Quick will be available at select locations in Bengaluru and will be gradually scaled up and expanded to six large cities by the end of the year, the company said.

Flipkart Quick takes on Amazon Prime Now and JioMart with 90-minute...

Apart from fresh vegetables and meat, the hyperlocal service also delivers mobile phones.

28 July 2020 8:34 PM IST

Before masks became ubiquitous as the coronavirus spread, Hong Kong had banned the use of masks among protestors, and privacy activists in London stepped out camouflaging their faces with makeup in geometric patterns to confuse facial recognition technology. (Photo | AFP)

Pandemic masks have an unintended effect on intrusive facial...

Masked protestors at Black Lives Matter protests are tripping face recognition tech used by police, as error rates are...

28 July 2020 6:53 PM IST

Many casual players found time on their hands during the lockdown, which made them take to gaming more seriously, and now they cant get enough of it. (Wikimedia Commons - Sparktour)

More people have taken to gaming during the lockdown, and it's no more...

Some of them earn Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 a month but many others just play for the thrill or for the sake of nostalgia.

28 July 2020 6:16 PM IST

Facebook thinks such requests should be reviewed by EU courts, according to Lamb, and is asking the court to weigh in on broad search terms such as applause or for free that could easily be found in personal email messages or other exchanges way beyond the scope of antitrust matters. (Photo | AFP)

Facebook expresses concern about privacyof its employees, says EU...

The company says the wording of commission requests casts a net so wide it will haul in Facebook employees' private...

28 July 2020 4:38 PM IST

The prolonged lockdown of Googles offices could influence other major employers to take similar precautions, given that the technology industry has been at the forefront of the shift to remote work that has been triggered by the spread of the novel coronavirus. (Photo | Flickr - Maurizio Pesce)

Work from home till July 2021, Google tells most of its 200,000...

It marks a six-month extension of Google's previous plan to keep most of its offices closed through the rest of this...

28 July 2020 3:27 PM IST

While there has been a 24% drop in malware attacks worldwide, such attacks specific to IoT have risen by 50%. Also, phishing attempts have gone up by 7 per cent, capitalising on the pandemic.

Use of Microsoft Office files to perpetrate cyber crime rises by 176...

SonicWall Capture Labs publishes findings from intelligence data gathered from 1.1 million sensors in 215 countries and...

27 July 2020 6:26 PM IST

As many as 275 other Chinese apps could also be on the chopping block over similar concerns, including the hugely popular PUBG Mobile game owned by tech giant Tencent. (Photo | Flickr- Whelsko)

Government bans 47 more Chinese mobile apps

Most of these 47 apps are banned for the same reasons as the earlier 59, and many were lite versions or variants of the...

27 July 2020 6:17 PM IST

Looking for a signal to attend virtual classes is a common activity in areas with poor internet connectivity. The coronavirus has allowed people with money and technology to get on with their lives while the lives of the underprivileged have crumbled. (Photo | AFP)

Online classes only for the privileged, millions of others miss out on...

Many thousands of families do not have smartphones or computers for their children to attend online classes.

27 July 2020 4:20 PM IST