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Daily Crunch: Meta to Pay $725M Settlement in Cambridge Analytica Data Access Case Meta, the leading data marketplace, has made news after it announced that it will pay $725 million to settle regulatory charges related to Cambridge Analytica’s data access case. This settlement is the largest in history and sheds light on the serious implications… Continue reading Daily Crunch
LastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers’ hands
Hackers have taken advantage of a security lapse in the popular password manager, LastPass, to gain access to users’ accounts. LastPass, the widely used online password and digital vault, recently announced that a malicious actor had accessed customer data. This security breach has caused a significant amount of concern among LastPass users. The hack has… Continue reading LastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers’ hands
Facebook parent
The saga of the ill-fated data scandal revolving around social media giant Facebook and British political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica (CA) has recently come to an end. On Thursday, Facebook parent company Meta announced that it has agreed to a $725 million settlement of the class-action lawsuit brought against them by Facebook users over CA’s… Continue reading Facebook parent
Effective, fast, and unrecoverable: Wiper malware is popping up everywhere
When it comes to malicious malware, wiper malware presents particular cause for concern. A type of malware designed to destroy or modify computers and IT systems, wiper malware is increasingly being used to target businesses and individuals. The primary goal of wiper malware is to sequentially overwrite or delete data in order to render it… Continue reading Effective, fast, and unrecoverable: Wiper malware is popping up everywhere
A Powerful Recoil Effect Magnified NASA’s Asteroid Deflection Experiment
On April 22, 2021, NASA conducted an asteroid deflection experiment known as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). This experiment was done to test the feasibility of redirecting a hazardous asteroid collision trajectory away from Earth. The two-story-tall spacecraft, weighing more than a ton, impacted the Didymos B asteroid to evaluate its power. The collision… Continue reading A Powerful Recoil Effect Magnified NASA’s Asteroid Deflection Experiment
Google is letting businesses try out client-side encryption for Gmail
In a recent security-enhancing decision, Google has announced that businesses will now have an option to enable client-side encryption for their Gmail accounts. This means that users will have an extra layer of protection when sending and receiving messages in Gmail. Client-side encryption is a way to protect data while it is transferred over the… Continue reading Google is letting businesses try out client-side encryption for Gmail
Microsoft to start multi-year rollout of EU data localization offering on January 1
Microsoft is set to launch a multi-year rollout of its European Union data localization offering on January 1, 2021. The offering will enable customers to use applications and services and store data within the European Union. Microsoft currently stores and processes customer data and applications in different regions, such as the US and the UK,… Continue reading Microsoft to start multi-year rollout of EU data localization offering on January 1
Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices
On the morning of Wednesday, April 15th, 2021, officials in Russia reportedly discovered a massive malware attack underway across their towns, cities, and court systems. This previously unseen form of malware was created specifically to target government systems, wiping out data and wiping out systems. Government officials throughout the country were shocked to realize that… Continue reading Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices
Google Sheets want to use AI to flag and fix your mistakes
As we all know, Google Sheets is one of the most popular tools used to store and organize all kinds of data. However, keeping track of all that data can be quite a challenge. This is where Google Sheets’ latest feature, AI-driven Error Detection, comes in. Google Sheets’ Error Detection makes use of artificial intelligence… Continue reading Google Sheets want to use AI to flag and fix your mistakes