March 29, 2024

Web and Technology News

India pushes ahead with its strict VPN and breach disclosure rules despite concerns

India is pushing ahead with its new cybersecurity rules that will require cloud service providers and VPN operators to maintain names of their customers and their IP addresses despite many firms threatening to leave the world’s second largest internet market over the new guidelines. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team clarified (PDF) on Wednesday that […]

India pushes ahead with its strict VPN and breach disclosure rules despite concerns

India is pushing ahead with its new cybersecurity rules that will require cloud service providers and VPN operators to maintain names of their customers and their IP addresses despite many firms threatening to leave the world’s second largest internet market over the new guidelines. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team clarified (PDF) on Wednesday that […]

Nord Security, the startup behind NordVPN, raises its first-ever funding, $100M at a $1.6B valuation

VPN usage has surged in the last several years, with growing concerns over data privacy and security — and sometimes completely different motivations like people wanting to access content otherwise blocked in their regions — driving an estimated 30% of all internet consumers globally to use a VPN at some point this year. Now Nord […]

Microsoft confirms Lapsus$ breach after hackers publish Bing, Cortana source code

Microsoft has confirmed that it was breached by the Lapsus$ hacking group. In a blog post on Tuesday — published hours after Lapsus$ posted a torrent file containing partial source code from Bing, Bing Maps, and Cortana — Microsoft revealed that a single employee’s account was compromised by the hacking group, granting the attackers “limited […]

Microsoft confirms Lapsus$ breach after hackers publish Bing, Cortana source code

Microsoft has confirmed that it was breached by the Lapsus$ hacking group. In a blog post on Tuesday — published hours after Lapsus$ posted a torrent file containing partial source code from Bing, Bing Maps, and Cortana — Microsoft revealed that a single employee’s account was compromised by the hacking group, granting the attackers “limited […]