Airtel's mystery code raises privacy concerns
Published 2015-06-10 01:36 -Telecom giant Airtel has been accused of injecting lines of code into its users' web browsers without their knowledge, whenever they visit a web page via its 3G network.
Telecom giant Airtel has been accused of injecting lines of code into its users' web browsers without their knowledge, whenever they visit a web page via its 3G network.
Their Application design is very poor and their development server is weakly configured. The hack was a little tricky and involved many steps to get to the database. Once we got to the database it was like winning a lottery. It had all the user details along with credit card transaction history and unused vouchers. The voucher codes are not even out yet. Its obvious that we wont be using credit card details and voucher codes. We dropped them a mail but no response from their side as of now.
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On the poet's 155-birth anniversary celebrated on May 9, the Society for Natural Language Technology Research (SNLTR), set up under the West Bengal government's Information Technology Department in 2007, has inaugurated the services on an App for Android users
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National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) and Data Security Council of India has announced the launch of the NASSCOM Cyber Security Task Force that aims to build India as a global hub for providing cyber security solutions, developing cyber security R&D plan and develop a skilled workforce of cyber security experts.
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Eastern India Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Federation has ordered an Android and iOS app which is scheduled for launch in the run-up to EIGMEF Garment Fair 2015 at Kolkata, India.
The mobile app will display information and updates about the Fair. It will also enable delegates and exhibitors to fill out an electronic registration form and pre-register for the event. A directory of exhibitors can be viewed after a user registers on the mobile app. A calendar of Federation events for 2015 will be announced by the organizers during the Fair. The calendar section will be activated on the app in sync with this announcement.
After the event, the mobile app will be used as a directory, where members of the Federation and exhibitors will be listed to facilitate networking and business development.
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