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  • Hackers Exploiting ‘CitrixBleed’ Bug For Mass Cyberattacks Globally: Report

    Hackers Exploiting ‘CitrixBleed’ Bug For Mass Cyberattacks Globally: Report

    San Francisco, November 15: Hackers are mass-exploiting a critical vulnerability in desktop virtualisation company Citrix’s NetScaler systems to apparently attack big organisations like Boeing, China’s ICBC and mega port operator DP World globally, cyber-security researchers have claimed. Thousands of organisations remain unpatched against the vulnerability, tracked officially as CVE-2023-4966 and called “CitrixBleed,” reports TechCrunch.

    Citrix last month disclosed the vulnerability affecting on-premise versions of its NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway platforms. These are used by large enterprises and governments for application delivery and VPN connectivity. Citrix released security patches and later updated its advisory to indicate that it had observed exploitation in the wild. Israel-Gaza Conflict: Elon Musk-Run X Fails To Remove 98% of Posts Promoting Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Anti-Palestine Hate and Other Hate Speech, Says Report.

    The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has also added “CVE-2023-4966” to their known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 recommended taking emergency action to mitigate the Citrix bug.

    “Threat actors, including ransomware groups, have historically shown strong interest in Citrix NetScaler ADC vulnerabilities. We expect exploitation to increase,” it said. Cyber-security researcher Kevin Beaumont said that the Russia-based LockBit hackers’ gang gang last week hacked into the US branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) by compromising an unpatched Citrix Netscaler box.

    “LockBit is breaching some of the world’s largest organisations, many of whom have incredibly large security budgets. Recently, it has become clear they have been targeting a vulnerability in Citrix Netscaler, called CitrixBleed,” Beaumont wrote in a blog post. ICBC has reportedly paid ransom demand to LockBit.

    ICBC, the world’s largest lender by assets, said that its financial services arm, called ICBC Financial Services, experienced a ransomware attack “that resulted in disruption to certain” systems that disrupted trades in the US Treasury market. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that ICBC is “striving to minimise the impact and losses after the attack”. 42% Indian Smartphone Users Regularly Try Photo-Editing Apps To Brush Up Their Digital Presence: Report.

    According to Beaumont, Allen & Overy, one of the world’s biggest law firms, was also hit by attackers via CitrixBleed vulnerability Netscaler instance, which was patched post incident.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 15, 2023 11:36 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Rajasthan Mass Marriage Ceremony Rules: Only Clean-Shaven Grooms Can Exchange Vows, Long Beard To Be Returned

    Rajasthan Mass Marriage Ceremony Rules: Only Clean-Shaven Grooms Can Exchange Vows, Long Beard To Be Returned

    Jaipur, March 14: In what could be ascribed as a strange decision, a local committee organising mass marriage ceremonies in Rajasthan has taken a collective decision of allowing only clean-shaven grooms while those with long beard will be returned.

    The decision was taken unanimously in the meeting called by Shri Kshatriya Kumawat Samuhik Vivah Samiti, which will be conducting a mass marriage ceremony on March 30. However, what makes news is the unique order issued by the committee members. Uttar Pradesh: Woman Teacher Marries Lord Krishna With Wedding Rituals in Auraiya (Watch Video).

    The officials of the committee have directed that only clean-shave grooms will be permitted to attend the marriage, and anyone with a beard will be sent back.

    The meeting was held in Govindgarh where committee president Satyanarayan Mawar and secretary Chhoturam Mawal said that grooms are directed to come clean-shaven to promote Indian culture. Under western influence, many grooms come for their wedding with long beards which look indecent. At times, their identity remains hidden and hence comes the order. Uttar Pradesh: Groom Refuses to Marry Over Bride’s Poor Marks in Class 12 Examination in Kannauj, Complaint Lodged.

    All committee members gave their consent to the order and accepted that only clean-shaven grooms will be permitted to exchange vows in marriage ceremony while others shall be returned. Till now, nine pairs have registered for marriage following the norms, said sources.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Mar 14, 2023 01:05 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Rashmika Mandanna Slammed By Fans After Video of Her Saying South Films Have Mass Masala, Item Numbers While Bollywood Has Romantic Songs Goes Viral

    Rashmika Mandanna Slammed By Fans After Video of Her Saying South Films Have Mass Masala, Item Numbers While Bollywood Has Romantic Songs Goes Viral

    Rashmika Mandanna is clearly not winning over her South fans these days, first when her comments on Kannada cinema irked her Kannada fans and now a new video has created a new controversy for her. Rashmika is soon to be seen in her next Bollywood movie, Mission Majnu opposite Sidharth Malhotra, and during the launch event of a romantic song in the film, a video has gone viral of her talking about how she perceives Bollywood music, which she associates with romantic songs, and South songs, which she mentions has mass masala and item numbers. Sidharth, standing next to her even jokes that they all have seen “Saami Saami” (from Pushpa), and she ends up laughing in embarrassment. Rashmika Mandanna Pens Note on Things ‘Troubling’ Her, Says ‘I Have Been on the Receiving End of a Lot of Hate’.

    The clip has gone viral now and her South fans are annoyed that she is just restricting the South genre music to masala songs and item numbers. Their point gets validated when her romantic songs from movies like Geeta Govindam and Dear Comrade were also big hits. Also in Pushpa, the soft melody “Srivalli” was also a major hit just like the other two item songs in the film – “Oo Antava” and “Saami“. Varisu: Rashmika Mandanna Flaunts Her Million Dollar Smile As She Poses With Thalapathy Vijay at the Film’s Audio Launch, Pic Goes Viral.

    Check Out the Viral Clip Below:

    Check Out the Reactions of Her South Fans Who Are Clearly Not Happy With Her Comments:

    Putting Out a Twitter Thread to Remind the Actress

    “Seriously?”

    “Don’t Forget Your Roots”

    “Forgot the Best Melody”

    “Downgrading Our South Industry”

    Anyway, ICYMI, here’s the Mission Majnu romantic song, “Rabba Janda“:

    Meanwhile the actress is yet to respond to her new controversy. We will update the story, once Rashmika posts her take on her comments at the event.

     

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 29, 2022 10:38 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Amazon Layoffs: CEO Andy Jassy Again Defends Mass Sackings, Says ‘Felt Like We Needed to Streamline Costs’

    Amazon Layoffs: CEO Andy Jassy Again Defends Mass Sackings, Says ‘Felt Like We Needed to Streamline Costs’

    San Francisco, Dec 2: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has again defended massive layoffs at the company, saying, “we just felt like we needed to streamline our costs”.

    Jassy justified the mass layoffs at the New York Times DealBook Summit, citing economic uncertainty.

    Amazon’s retail business grew faster during the early days of the pandemic and “it forced us to make decisions at that time to spend a lot more money and to go much faster in building infrastructure than we ever imagined we would,” Jassy said during the event in the US, reports Fortune. Amazon Layoffs: Tech Giant Begins Firing 10,000 Employees, Alexa and Cloud Gaming Worst Hit.

    “We knew we might be overbuilding,” the Amazon CEO added.

    Although Amazon has not revealed the numbers, reports earlier said the company will lay off around 10,000 employees across its devices, retail, and human resources divisions.

    Earlier this month, Jassy warned employees that there will be more layoffs at the company in early 2023 “as leaders continue to make adjustments”.

    The e-commerce giant publicly confirmed some layoffs and Jassy announced more layoffs are coming as Amazon’s annual planning process extends into the new year.

    “Those decisions will be shared with impacted employees and organisations early in 2023,” he had said in a statement.

    “We haven’t concluded yet exactly how many other roles will be impacted (we know that there will be reductions in our Stores and PXT organisations), but each leader will communicate to their respective teams when we have the details nailed down,” Sassy added. Apple CEO Tim Cook Ignores Questions on Protests Affecting iPhone Manufacturing Companies in China.

    Amazon will prioritise communicating directly with impacted employees before making broad public or internal announcements.

    “This year’s review is more difficult due to the fact that the economy remains in a challenging spot and we’ve hired rapidly the last several years,” said Jassy.

    The massive job cuts have hit several divisions, especially the Alexa virtual assistant business and the Luna cloud gaming unit.

    “We communicated the difficult decision to eliminate a number of positions across our Devices and Books businesses, and also announced a voluntary reduction offer for some employees in our People, Experience, and Technology (PXT) organisation,” Jassy further said.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 02, 2022 12:17 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Elon Musk Still Firing Employees at Twitter, Coders Brought Back After Mass Layoffs Being Shown Door Again Amid Thanksgiving Festivities

    Elon Musk Still Firing Employees at Twitter, Coders Brought Back After Mass Layoffs Being Shown Door Again Amid Thanksgiving Festivities

    New Delhi, Nov 25: Elon Musk is still in the firing mode at Twitter amid the Thanksgiving festivities, as several coders who were brought back after a massive lay off as part of “knowledge transition”, are being shown the door again in the name of “code review”.

    Ikuhiro Ihara, a highly-respected Twitter coder who made the transition from 140-character to 280-character happen, has been fired unceremoniously. Elon Musk Plans To Relaunch Twitter Premium Service, Will Provide Coloured Check Marks to Accounts.

    “One of the people fired Musk’s latest purge was Ikuhiro Ihara, a highly-respected senior software engineer who helped lead the push to expand tweets to 280 characters,” tweeted Casey Newton of Platformer.

    “Ihara fought relentlessly for 280 in the face of strong scepticism from top executives. He co-authored the blog post explaining the value of 280 characters when it launched,” Newton said.

    Tech writer Gergely Orosz said that the night before Thanksgiving, Twitter fired more software engineers effective immediately because their “code is not satisfactory” following the recent code review.

    “Dozens of other developers for performance warnings in their inboxes,” Orosz tweeted.

    “The stories get wilder. I cannot emphasise how these are real people in tech. And yet, Musk and management at Twitter treat them like cattle. Why fire someone, call them back telling them they are ‘critical’ then fire them again a few weeks later?” he posted. Elon Musk Slams Reports Claiming ‘General Amnesty’ for Suspended Twitter Accounts Will Have Negative Impact.

    A Twitter employee said that he was laid off from Twitter in early November and was told “I will receive 3 months of pay as severance.”

    “I was called back shortly after that because they think I am ‘critical talent’ and was asked to do documentation and provide ‘code samples’. Last night, I was abruptly fired without any reason and was offered 4 weeks’ severance for signing release of claims agreement. Any employment lawyers, please DM me if you can help. I am on H1B and only have 60 days to find a new job during the holidays,” the employee posted on Twitter.

    After sacking about 50 per cent of its workforce, Musk also fired employees who criticised his actions either on Twitter or on internal messaging platform Slack and some were sacked just for retweeting posts slamming the new Twitter CEO.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 25, 2022 10:49 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Twitter Layoffs: European Union Voices Concern Over Twitter’s Content Moderation Practices and Mass Sackings

    Twitter Layoffs: European Union Voices Concern Over Twitter’s Content Moderation Practices and Mass Sackings

    Brussels, November 25: A top EU official has said that Brussels is concerned about recent layoffs at Twitter and gaps in the social network’s content moderation practices.

    “The recent layoffs @Twitter and today’s results of the Code of Conduct against #Hate Speech are a source of concern. In my meeting at Twitter’s HQ, I underlined that we expect Twitter to deliver on their voluntary commitments and comply with EU rules, including #GDPR & #DSA,” EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders tweeted . Twitter Layoffs: Employees, Sacked by Elon Musk, Get Emotional on Last Working Day, Share Group Selfies and Heartbreaking Messages With #OneTeam.

    EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders’ Tweet

    In a subsequent tweet, the commissioner urged IT companies “to look at their content moderation practices and address the gaps shortly.” “It is disappointing that most of IT companies taking part in EU Code of Conduct have slowed down their responses to notifications of #Online Hate Speech,” he said. Twitter Layoffs: Elon Musk Shuts Microblogging Site’s Brussels Office, Says Report.

    On Thursday, the European Commission released the results of its evaluation of the Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online. The EU data showed a significant decrease in companies’ notice-and-action results in 2022.

    The 27-member bloc said companies reviewed 64.4 per cent of notifications within 24 hours, which shows a decrease as compared to the last two monitoring exercises: 81 per cent in 2021 and 90.4 per cent in 2020.

    “The removal rate was 63.6per cent, similar to 2021 (62.5per cent), but still lower than in 2020 (71per cent). YouTube improved its removal rate in 2022 (90.4per cent), as compared to 2021 (58.8per cent). All the other IT companies removed less content than in 2021, in some cases with minor variations (Facebook removed 69.1per cent in 2022 and 70.2per cent in 2021; Twitter removed 45.4per cent and 49.8per cent, respectively),” the European Commission said.

    Earlier, media reports said that Twitter has closed its entire Brussels office, prompting concerns among European officials about whether Twitter will abide by the EU’s rules on content moderation.

    Last month, the world’s richest man finalized the acquisition of Twitter, which cost him USD 44 billion. Following the takeover, Musk changed the company operations, including the termination of Twitter’s executives who were responsible for the platform’s privacy and cybersecurity, and thousands of regular Twitter employees.

    The significant policy changes have caused concern among US lawmakers. Earlier today, Musk said that the social media will reinstate blocked accounts next week after a majority of users voted for “general amnesty.”

    This follows Musk’s decision to restore the account of former US president, Donald Trump and American rap artist Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.

    (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, Morning Tidings Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)

  • Elon Musk Takes Late-Night Meeting With Remaining Coders, Engineers At Twitter Amid Mass Resignations, Shares Pics

    Elon Musk Takes Late-Night Meeting With Remaining Coders, Engineers At Twitter Amid Mass Resignations, Shares Pics

    New Delhi, Nov 20: Amid the internal mayhem and mass resignations, Elon Musk has posted some images of him taking a deep dive with coders at Twitter headquarters late at night.

    “Just leaving Twitter HQ code review,” Musk posted late on Saturday.

    “Most amount of people I’ve ever seen in the building by far,” he added. Donald Trump Back on Twitter After Nearly Two Years As Elon Musk Reinstates Former US President’s Once-Blocked Account

    Sriram Krishnan, a former Twitter executive of Indian origin, also reposted the images. Twitter to Enable Organizations to Identify Which Other Accounts Associated With Them, Says Elon Musk

    “Amazing how many people have reached out to me over these photos with @elonmusk,” he tweeted.

    “Late night coding sessions + whiteboards are at the heart of what this industry was built on,” Krishnan said.

    Krishnan recently revealed that he is helping Musk through initial changes at Twitter which he bought for $44 billion, countering those who are criticising the $8 fee for Blue tick verification.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 20, 2022 09:35 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Twitter Hit by Another Wave of Mass Resignations, 1,200 More Employees Quit Over Elon Musk’s Ultimatum For ‘Extremely Hardcore’ Workplace

    Twitter Hit by Another Wave of Mass Resignations, 1,200 More Employees Quit Over Elon Musk’s Ultimatum For ‘Extremely Hardcore’ Workplace

    San Francisco, November 19: Elon Musk’s Twitter is reeling under a big trouble as another 1,200 employees have quit over the ultimatum for “extremely hardcore” workplace.

    The New York Times reported that key infrastructure teams have been “decimated” at Twitter and Musk sent an email to employees asking them about the details regarding the underlaying technology. Twitter Layoffs: Koo Offers To Hire Employees Terminated by Elon Musk.

    “Anyone who actually writes software, please report to the 10th floor at 2 p.m. today,” Musk said in the email on Friday. “Before doing so, please email me a bullet point summary of what your code commits have achieved in the past 6 months, along with up to 10 screenshots of the most salient lines of code,” he posted. Twitter Layoffs: Elon Musk Now Sacks 4,400 Contractual Workers Without Notifying, Says Report.

    Musk earlier sacked 50 per cent of the Twitter workforce, as several key executives resigned. After hundreds of employees resigned from the company ahead of the deadline, Musk said that he is not “super” worried about the mass resignations as the best employees are staying. Several employees took to Twitter to announce their resignations ahead of the deadline to meet Musk’s new work criteria.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 19, 2022 08:38 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Elon Musk Shares This Meme As Mass Resignations Hit Twitter Triggering Fear of Global Outage

    Elon Musk Shares This Meme As Mass Resignations Hit Twitter Triggering Fear of Global Outage

    Elon Musk today posted a hilarious meme on Twitter as ‘RIP Twitter’ started trending on social media as employee departures were multiplying at Twitter after his ultimatum asking staff to commit to “hardcore” work. This comes in as worried social media users posted about the platform’s fate. The company is facing extreme turbulence as of now. The departures include many engineers responsible for fixing bugs and preventing service outages, raising questions about the stability of the platform. Twitter Working on Feature To Split Long Text Into Thread Automatically

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  • UpGrad To Hire Over 1,400 People by March 2023 Amid Mass Layoffs by Tech Companies

    UpGrad To Hire Over 1,400 People by March 2023 Amid Mass Layoffs by Tech Companies

    Mumbai, Nov 16: Edtech major upGrad on Wednesday announced that it plans to hire over 1,400 team members by March 2023 to continue its growth and expansion plans to impact learners in India and globally.

    According to an official report, the company has made offers to hire people across India and global offices between November 2022 and March 2023. Ronnie Screwvala, Co-Founder upGrad, Says ‘No Funding Winter for Startups With Real Business Models’.

    “We are expanding to house the larger teams that we are bringing on board. Also, while our focus is on strong online delivery models, we encourage our current and prospective learners to meet us in person while they decide on the right program for themselves,” Mayank Kumar, Co-founder & MD, upGrad, said in a statement.

    The majority of the 1,400 members will be hired as Faculty, Trainers, and Experts, followed by sales and marketing, content, delivery, and learning experience.

    The focus of the hires will be on their high growth areas, which include Study Abroad, 10 Global Campuses, Job enabled and ready programmes that upGrad launched in India and the US in the last 90 days, as well as at its ATLAS SkillTech University in Mumbai. Upgrad to Hire 3,000 People in 3 Months, Close to Securing Fresh Funding.

    To date, ‘One upGrad’ has impacted 8.2 million learners in soft skills, test prep, college-linked programmes, credential-linked programmes, placements, job changes, and career advancement.

    Also, upGrad has signed new leases for 3,35,000 square feet in the last few months to be used for office space, offline campuses, learner housing, studios, and training rooms for a growing roster of teachers and faculty.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 16, 2022 02:11 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).