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Working from home has spiked since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March of 2020. This effort to reduce health risks may have limited the spread of the virus, but according to an analysis by F-Secure, it may also have helped increase digital anxiety for those working remotely.
Threat actors are hijacking the devices of India's human rights lawyers, activists and defenders, planting incriminating evidence to set them up for arrest, researchers warn. Arsenal Consulting's digital analysis shows that the file - one of the more incriminating pieces of data seized by police - was one of many files delivered via a NetWire RAT remote session associated with ModifiedElephant.
A study from Juniper Research has found that revenue for digital identity vendors will exceed $53 billion globally in 2026, doubling from $26 billion in 2021. Digital identity revenue includes third-party and civic identity apps, centralised identity schemes, and digital identity verification.
A previously unknown hacking group has been linked to targeted attacks against human rights activists, human rights defenders, academics, and lawyers across India in an attempt to plant "Incriminating digital evidence." Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne attributed the intrusions to a group it tracks as "ModifiedElephant," an elusive threat actor that's been operational since at least 2012, whose activity aligns sharply with Indian state interests.
Sri Lanka has decided to adopt a national digital identity framework based on biometric data and will ask India if it can implement that nation's Aadhaar scheme. The island nation had previous indicated it would work with the Modular Open Source Identity Platform, an organisation based in India that offers tools governments can use to create and manage digital identities.
The digital signature market estimates a market value of $7.1 billion from 2020 to 2025. The market will progress at a CAGR of 30% as per the latest market forecast report by Technavio.
Optionis, the group that includes umbrella and accountancy companies providing services to tech contractors, has confirmed that following last month's digital break-in customer data is being leaked online. Parent Optionis Group later said that divisions SJD Accountancy and Nixon Williams were also hit.
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Target, one of the largest American department store chains and e-commerce retailers, has open sourced 'Merry Maker' - its years-old proprietary scanner for payment card skimming. A skimmer is malicious code injected into shopping sites to steal customers' credit card data at checkout.
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