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WhatsApp appoints a grievance officer to handle fake news concerns in India

Sep24
by on September 24, 2018 at 7:36 am
Posted In: Around the Web, India


WhatsApp has appointed a ‘grievance officer’ to address complaints concerning the spread of fake news and misinformation on its platform in India, reports the Press Trust of India on NDTV. This comes in response to the government’s demands from earlier in the year, following a nationwide string of lynchings believed to be incited by false information shared on WhatsApp. The Facebook-owned messaging service has named Komal Lahiri – its senior director of global customer operations and localization in Menlo Park, California – as its first grievance officer for its largest market. An updated FAQ on WhatsApp’s site states that people…

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How a coding error made 293 Subaru SUVs unusable

Sep24
by on September 24, 2018 at 6:22 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Cars, Insider


A software error has caused Subaru to completely dispose of 293 of its Ascent 2019 SUVs. According to a safety recall report filed with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), robots at missed critical welds, thanks to improper coding. The robots missed welds on the cars’ B-pillars which holds the hinges to the second row doors. This gaff reduced the cars’ body strength, and could lead to passengers being injured in a crash. The company said that there is no physical remedy available to fix these cars, and as such, all of them will be destroyed instead of being refurbished. It added that…

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Let’s face it, users should never be the last line of defense in cybersecurity

Sep23
by on September 23, 2018 at 4:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


It’s been obvious for a while now that the security industry is turning in circles. Users have walked a very insecure tightrope for decades, clicking on links, opening attachments, and downloading unchecked files without a safety net in place. I always find it sad when organizations are surprised that the bad guys found a way to trick an employee into clicking something malicious even though that employee has successfully completed a security awareness seminar. In a survey last year, my team and I found that 99 percent of CISOs see users as the last line of defense against the bad…

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