3 Pakistani protesters flooding the capital on Tuesday to demand the release of ex-prime minister Imran Khan killed four members of the nation’s security forces, the government said. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said in a statement the members of the paramilitary Rangers force were “killed in the attack” by protesters in central Islamabad. Source link
Highlighting the risk of using third-party platforms like WhatsApp and Gmail to send official documents, the Jammu and Kashmir government issued detailed guidelines on Monday for securing sensitive and classified official communications. Government officials have been directed to strictly use government email services and its secure instant messaging platforms for transmitting confidential and restricted information, […]
GitLab Security Operations leverages automation as a guiding principle to ensure our security engineers have the time to focus on what matters, not manual mundane tasks that can be standardized and automated. We applied this principle to securing the GitLab.com SaaS platform, which generates terabytes of log data daily and requires the GitLab Security team […]
The Google Play Store is the safest place to download Android apps, but it’s not scam-free. There are plenty of shady apps on the service, and while Google does its best to take them down when they appear, they can’t get them all. Such is the case of the rise of “SpyLoan” apps that reel […]
Researchers spot new campaign that can turn off antivirus protection Malware uses legitimate Avast Anti-Rootkit driver to access kernel level Once antivirus is deactivated, the malware can proceed without detection Hackers are using a legitimate Avast Anti-Rootkit driver to disguise their malware, turn off antivirus protection, and infect systems, experts have warned. The vulnerable driver […]
The UK is establishing the Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR) to help protect Britain and its allies against emerging threats in what officials describe as an “AI arms race.” The laboratory – which will receive an initial government funding of £8.22 million – aims to bring together experts from industry, academia, and government to […]
Hong Kong national security cases will be barred from being heard remotely under a bill to introduce court proceedings with real-time remote communication link-ups. Gazetted by the government on Friday, the Courts (Remote Hearing) Bill will also exclude criminal trials and juvenile court proceedings from remote hearings. The first reading of the bill at the […]
To curb lingering security crisis in the country, a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has called for enhanced professionalism in the nation’s security architecture. Buratai, who spoke along with other experts at the 17th yearly conference of the Institute of Security Nigeria (ISN), stressed that acquisition of requisite skills, attained through cutting […]
One benefit of using a virtual private network (VPN) is concealing your location. But if that’s your main goal, you might be surprised to learn that some apps can still tell your real location. Why VPNs Can’t Completely Hide Your Location When you connect to a VPN, it creates an encrypted tunnel between your device […]
The Oreshnik missile launched Tuesday apparently took off from Russia’s Kapustin Yar rocket base roughly 800 kilometers from Dnipro, well away from intense fighting. This is the first time any IRBM has been used in combat. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, ratified by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1988, banned ground-launched IRBMs. […]