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Fossil Group to sell its smartwatch technology currently under development to Google : Fossil Group has announced its plan to sell to Google for $40 million, intellectual property (IP) related to a smartwatch technology currently under development by the Fossil Group. As part of the transaction, a portion of Fossil Group’s research and development (R&D) team currently supporting the transferring IP will join Google. Fossil Group retains more than 200 R&D team members to focus on innovation and product development. The transaction showcases Fossil Group and Google’s shared investment in the wearables industry. In recent years, smartwatches have become Fossil Group’s fastest growing category. The company successfully developed and launched smartwatches across 14 of its owned and licensed brands. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

The Victims of the Hacked Instagram accounts Hiring : Perhaps we all have come through a quote i.e 'tit for tat'. Now the same is true for most of the Instagram users whose account is being hacked, have turned to 'white-hat' hackers to get their Instagram accounts returned to them, after being unsatisfied with Instagram's slow process as Instagram has been slow to give them back their accounts, even after creators followed necessary steps for account recovery. Despite repeated calls and emails to Instagram to help them out, hacked influencers say they only get unhelpful automated emails in return. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

141 Airlines Booking System Goes Awry Worldwide : There is a critical vulnerability found in online flight booking system, with this almost half of the fight travellers around the world were found exposed to a critical security vulnerability, that allowed remote hackers to access and modify their travel details and even claim their frequent flyer miles. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

NITI Aayog releases Strategy for New India @ 75 : Seeking to make development a Jan Andolan, details key recommendations across growth drivers, infrastructure, inclusion and governance. The NITI Aayog unveiled its comprehensive national Strategy for New India, which defines clear objectives for 2022-23. It is a detailed exposition across forty-one crucial areas, that recognizes the progress already made, identifies binding constraints, and suggests the way forward for achieving the clearly stated objectives. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

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Lucideus to offer SOC-as-a-Service to BSE : With the growing cyber threat to secure the brokers working with BSE , has signed a MoU with Lucideus to ward off potential cyber threats and secure stock brokers’ interests as per the SEBI guidelines. Lucideus will build and provide a Cyber Security Operations Center (SOC) as a service by using Lucideus’ Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-backed Security Assessment Framework for Enterprises (SAFE) solution. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Major Data Breach of 2019 : The first major data breach of 2019, “Collection #1” is out and shining in the news headlines. Over 700 million email addresses have been leaked as the data saved on cloud service : MEGA was compromised earlier today. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

For the last two hundred years, Darwin’s ‘Survival of the Fittest’ theory of natural selection has shaped our view of man’s existence on earth. In the last couple of years, though, Fortnite, the massively popular online game played by millions worldwide, has taken this concept of survival to a whole new level. Played in a virtual world, players of Fortnite are tasked with testing their endurance as they battle other online players for tools and weapons that will keep them secure and the ‘last man standing’. In the last few weeks, however, Check Point Research discovered security vulnerabilities in the game’s login process that could have allowed a threat actor to take over the account of any user, view their personal account information, purchase virtual in-game currency and eavesdrop on in-game chatter as well as home conversations. Previous Fortnite Hacks created by Epic Games, an American video game developer, Fortnite is the game played by nearly 80 million people world...