VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Zoom launched over 400 features in 2020 to serve users better:  Zoom Video Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM)  has released more than 400 features and announced several new offerings in 2020 to better serve users’ communication needs to get business done, continue learning when schools were closed, seek care via telehealth, get married, or stay in touch with family and friends.   Some of these highlights include: ·  Zoom Apps  was announced, which will bring best-of-breed apps directly into the Zoom experience for use before, during, and after your meetings to enable seamless collaboration and meeting management, and improve engagement ·  Zoom for Home , allowing remote workers to outfit their home workspaces with devices that enable seamless communication and collaboration on Zoom ·  OnZoom , a virtual events marketplace built to host, discover & attend immersive online experiences ·  Zoom 5.0 , with 256-bit AES-GCM encryption for all meetings and other advanced security enhancement

Vertiv experts predict utility-like criticality for Data Centers:  As the world moved online seemingly overnight in the face of the   COVID-19 pandemic , the criticality of data centers and the unrelenting reliance on them across all walks of life became an enduring storyline of the crisis. This reality will manifest in new ways in 2021 as the data center and the information ecosystem orbiting it emerge from the pandemic with a fourth utility criticality, complete with all the expectations and responsibilities that implies. This is among the emerging 2021 data center trends identified by experts from Vertiv.   Data centers have long been held to high availability standards, but the shift toward utility-like status will be noticeable in two ways. First, those high expectations for network availability will extend deep into rural and remote areas, bringing critical applications to more of the population. This will increase pressure on data centers to maintain connectivity even at the out

Researchers found secret backdoor account in several Zyxel Firewall, VPN Products:  Zyxel   has released a patch to address a critical vulnerability in its firmware concerning a hardcoded, undocumented secret account that could be abused by an attacker to login with administrative privileges and compromise its networking devices.   The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 (CVSS score 7.8), affects version 4.60 present in a wide-range of Zyxel devices, including Unified Security Gateway (USG), USG FLEX, ATP, and  VPN firewall  products.   According to the advisory published by Zyxel, the undocumented account ("zyfwp") comes with an unchangeable password ("PrOw!aN_fXp") that's not only stored in plaintext but could also be used by a malicious third-party to login to the SSH server or web interface with admin privileges.   Zyxel said the hardcoded credentials were put in place to deliver automatic firmware updates to connected access points through FTP.   Noting that ar

Juspay server leaked data dumping that on the Dark Web:  According to   Rajshekhar Rajaharia, an independent cybersecurity researcher , data of nearly 10 crore credit and debit card holders in the country is being sold for an undisclosed amount on the   Dark Web . The massive data dump on the Dark Web has been leaked from a compromised server of Bengaluru-based   digital payments gateway Juspay .   JusPay said that no card numbers or financial information were compromised during the cyber-attack and the actual number is much lower than the 10 crore-figure being reported.   Rajaharia claimed that the data was being sold on the Dark Web for an undisclosed amount via cryptocurrency Bitcoin.   According to him,  PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)  have been followed by Juspay in storing users' card information.   "However, if the hackers can find out the Hash algorithm used to generate the card fingerprint, they will be able to decrypt the masked card number. I