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What happens when telcos' DNS server is down
Internet outages in India on June 18 affected over 45,000 Reliance Jio users and 9,000 Bharti Airtel users due to DNS server downtime, impacting popular applications like WhatsApp and Facebook.
Enterprises benefit from the reliability and long-term security updates in Ubuntu Pro
An operating system is the backbone of any computer. So it's no wonder that productivity can drastically increase when an operating system is secure, fast, and user-friendly.
Cloudflare puts up detailed blog about outage that hit several websites briefly
Users attempting to access certain websites got '500 Internal Server Error' message and many took to social media to report the disruption. The services were restored after the brief disruption.
UnCERT-in times for VPN services providers in India
India has more than 270 million VPN users, who use them to access company networks securely, remain anonymous, access geo-restricted content, stay safe on public Wi-Fi networks and get around internet restrictions among other things.
Apple says resolved iMessage issues after third services outage this week
Apple was hit with similar outages earlier this week that knocked off services like its mobile App Store and music streaming service.
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The Facebook outage: What exactly happened?
While Facebook attributed the six-hour-long outage to faulty configuration changes at its servers, researchers have cited issues relating to a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) as the reason for the downtime.
India’s first non-veg unicorn; Facebook outage explained
Licious has raised $52 million in a funding round led by IIFL Asset Management's private equity fund at a valuation of just over $1 billion. This makes it the first direct-to-customer company and the first meat delivery startup in India to join the unicorn club.
View: Pegasus - assumptions, limitations and gaps
The recent public scrutiny and frenzy have primarily been due to simultaneous unverified media reports which claimed that the system was used to target activists, journalists, and several others. The frenzy was compounded by subsequent reports of around 50,000 numbers having been leaked that were allegedly targeted by Pegasus. We discuss below some of the techniques that the reports have relied upon.
Shed security state obsession
Business security as well as individual liberty both favour VPNs. America’s National Security Agency does not let VPNs hinder its work. Nor should India’s.
Microsoft says an outage with Microsoft 365 services resolved
Microsoft said in its status page that the Domain Name System (DNS) issue was resolved and that all Microsoft 365 services had returned to a healthy state.
India becomes largest IPv6 subscriber, seeks self-reliance in Internet domain
India ranked No. 1 in IPv6 with nearly 60% adoption, followed by Belgium (58%). Thanks to Reliance Jio's greenfield network that holds 91.8% of the IPv6 subscriber base, capturing second position to T-Mobile (92.3%).
Google stops biggest-ever DDoS cyber attack to date
With a DDoS attack, an adversary hopes to disrupt their victim's service with a flood of useless traffic. While this attack doesn't expose user data and doesn't lead to a compromise, it can result in an outage and loss of user trust if not quickly mitigated. Attackers are constantly developing new techniques to disrupt systems.
Anybody can download and play PUBG despite ban; government says it's aware of breaches
Earlier, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had issued advisories to the effect that none of the banned Chinese apps should be available in any form. It has also banned close to 47 clones that have come up in the weeks following its initial action in June.
Banned Club Factory, Shein, Romwe still ‘selectively’ shipping orders
Chinese etail firms could be circumventing the govt ban by offering alternative app download links.
Indian newspapers, websites not accessible in China
The recent action comes amid the ongoing tension between India and China after the violent standoff on June 15 in Galwan Valley area in eastern Ladakh in which both sides suffered casualties.
DNS server to be launched soon to protect users from malware
The govt plans a new and robust platform in the wake of critical digital services being delivered online.
Internet users to experience network difficulties in the next 48 hours: Report
The maintenance work to be undertaken by the ICANN will help protect the internet's address book popularly known as the Domain Name System (DNS).
5 simple tips to keep your business secure from cyberattacks
Several experts have cited the urgent need for SMEs to secure their online premises, however, many SMEs do not go beyond installing a basic anti-virus solution.
Alibaba's UC Browser under govt scanner over data leaks
UC Browser is second most used web browser in India after Google's Chrome and leads mobile phone segment with 48.66 per cent market share.
Ransomware: The extortionists of the new millennium
The current attack by ransomware WannaCry is considered the worst ever, with newer versions appearing even as solutions are found to deal with existing versions.
The worst cyber attacks of 2016
From leaking debit card details to influencing the US Presidential Election, cyber attacks have become a significant part of our political and social discourse.
India key player in Internet governance, enabling localisation of Internet essential: RS Prasad at ICANN57
ICANN is a non profit that manages the Domain Name System (DNS), which helps organise the Internet with the allotment of domain names.
Ritesh Jain’s what I read this week: Internet in just 14 hands and why value investing is not for India
A note probes why value investing may not consistently generate healthy returns in India unlike the west where this investment style is a proven effective.
US set to hand over Domain Naming System to ICANN
More by circumstance than intention, the US has always had ultimate say over how the DNS is controlled - but not for much longer, the BBC reported today.
Assam violence: Government sets 12-hour deadline for Twitter to remove hate pages
After the end of the deadline on Thursday morning, the government may impose a temporary ban on Twitter using available technical options.
End of DNS malware saga
This day last week, the cyber world was speculating on how many people would lose their access to websites after the much-publicized shutdown by the FBI of rogue servers set up by fraudsters.
WikiLeaks dropped by domain name provider
WikiLeaks' American domain name system provider, EveryDNS, has withdrawn service to the wikileaks.org name after the secret-spilling website once again became the target of hack attacks.
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