Sam Varghese
Sam Varghese has been writing for iTWire since 2006, a year after the site came into existence. For nearly a decade thereafter, he wrote mostly about free and open source software, based on his own use of this genre of software. Since May 2016, he has been writing across many areas of technology. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years in India (Indian Express and Deccan Herald), the UAE (Khaleej Times) and Australia (Daily Commercial News (now defunct) and The Age). His personal blog is titled Irregular Expression.
Friday, 06 December 2019 10:31
Man-in-the-middle attack used to steal money sent from VC to start-up
Researchers at security firm Check Point have managed to track down the perpetrator(s) of a man-in-the-middle attack that was used to steal money sent from a venture capital firm in China to a start-up in Israel.
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Security
Thursday, 05 December 2019 10:43
No move to sue critics of Huawei, says firm's strategic counsel
One of the partners of a law firm that has been appointed by Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies, as a strategic counsel "to defend the company locally against malicious and false attacks designed to cause us reputational damage", says there are no plans to take anyone to court over criticism of the company.
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Government Tech Policy
Thursday, 05 December 2019 10:20
Salary packaging firm sending reset passwords in the clear
Salary packaging firm AccessPay is sending users who ask for a password reset the new password in plaintext, an IT consultant has told iTWire. Update: This issue appears to have been fixed as of Sunday, 8 December.
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Security
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