TWITTER TESTS GOVERNMENT ID-BASED VERIFICATION FOR BLUE USERS

Wed 22 March 2023: Twitter is reportedly testing a new verification process for its Blue subscribers that will require the submission of a government ID. The method for submitting a photo of the users’ ID, both front and back, combined with a selfie photo, to authenticate their Twitter account is revealed through code-level insights uncovered […]

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FERRARI NOTIFIES CUSTOMERS OF POTENTIAL DATA EXPOSURE IN RANSOMWARE ATTACK

Tue 21 March 2023: Italian luxury sports car maker Ferrari has revealed that it received a ransom demand related to customer contact details that may have been compromised in a ransomware attack. In a statement released on March 20, Ferrari said that it immediately began an investigation in collaboration with a leading cybersecurity firm upon […]

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WHY IT’S SO HARD TO LEARN FROM YOUR OWN MISTAKES? (SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION)

Tue 21 March 2023: Do you learn from mistakes? This is especially true when it comes to learning from other people’s mistakes. Your own, on the other hand, are often ignored. But why? You learn less from your own mistakes than from your own successes. Only when it comes to other people’s victories and defeats you do […]

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KREMLIN TELLS OFFICIALS TO STOP USING IPHONES FOR SECURITY CONCERNS

Mon 20 March 2023: Because of concerns that the devices are vulnerable to Western intelligence agencies, Russia’s presidential administration has instructed officials to stop using Apple iPhones, according to a report in the Kommersant newspaper on Monday. Sergei Kiriyenko, the first deputy head of the presidential administration, instructed officials to change their phones by April […]

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WHATSAPP ROLLING OUT NEW UPDATES FOR ‘COMMUNITIES’ ON IOS, ANDROID

Mon 20 March 2023: For iOS and Android users, Meta-owned WhatsApp has rolled out new updates to the community feature by making some changes to the interface of the “announcement group”. The company has renamed the announcement group to “Home” on WhatsApp beta for Android, and its new name is “Updates” on WhatsApp beta for […]

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ISRAEL AND UAE COMPANIES SIGN CYBERATTACK PROTECTION DEAL

Cyberint CEO (second from right) with Etisalat by e&’s SVP of cybersecurity Ayman A AlShehi (right) at the GISEC Global cybersecurity conference in Dubai, March 14, 2023. (GEC Media Group/Courtesy) Sun 19 March 2023: An Israeli security company signed a deal yesterday with United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s telecom operator Etisalat to protect its business from […]

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MICROSOFT LAUNCHES 365 COPILOT, OFFERS LOTS OF AUTOMATION

Sat 18 March 2023: The announcement came just two days following a similar reveal from Google, where the competing company introduced functionality-wise similar features for its Google Docs system. Microsoft demonstrated elements of its new AI Copilot for Microsoft 365. The product is now being tested in a limited environment, by around 20 selected enterprises. New […]

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