Is Facebook's 'Tick' shutting down?

Social media company Facebook is shutting down one of its apps, Lasso, which is said to hit Tiktak.

Facebook brought the app in 2018 and it was available in different countries of the world. The Lasso app was especially available in the United States, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica and Uruguay. But Facebook has informed the users through a message that the app will be closed from July 10.

Users will be able to keep their data and videos safe before the Lasso app closes.

Remember, Facebook launched the app to compete with the popular video making and sharing app Tiktak. Users can create up to 15 seconds of video in this app as in Tiktak.

While Tiktak was achieving extreme success, the Facebook app did not get much discussion. Also, Facebook could not make it global. Facebook has finally decided to shut down its service.

As soon as the Lasso app is closed, Facebook will now compete with Tiktak via Instagram Reel. Instagram Reel has been launched in Brazil. In Brazil, it has been launched under the name Cenas. After the closure of the Lasso app, Facebook is expected to launch the app on Instagram. Agency

Google bans 25 Facebook data theft apps

Google has removed 25 different Android apps from its Google Play Store. Google has taken such a step after the cyber security company Avina revealed that those apps were involved in stealing the login data of Facebook users.

Avina had revealed that the apps contained malware and through it the Facebook login data of smartphone users was stolen.

The 25 apps have been downloaded 2 million times in the Google Play Store so far. Most of them are app file manager, flash light, wallpaper management, screenshot editor and weather related apps. 

Here is a list of 25 apps that Google has removed from the Play Store:

Super Wallpapers Flashlight

Padenatef

Wallpaper Level

Contour level wallpaper

Iplayer & iwallpaper

Video maker

Color Wallpapers

Pedometer

Powerful Flashlight

Super Bright Flashlight

Super Flashlight

Solitaire game

Accurate scanning of QR code

Classic card game

Junk file cleaning

Synthetic Z

File Manager

Composite Z

Screenshot capture

Daily Horoscope Wallpapers

Wuxia Reader

Plus Weather

Anime Live Wallpaper

iHealth step counter

Com.tyapp.fiction

Social media photos will not be stored in Google Photos

Google will stop automatically storing photos and videos from social media such as Instagram and WhatsApp in the Google Photos app.

According to a recent decision by Google, photos and videos received by users through social media platforms will no longer be automatically 'backed up' in the Google Photos app.

Google said the decision was made to save Internet resources, saying users shared more photos and videos during the Corona virus epidemic.

Google Photos captures the user's device storage as well as bandwidth.

YouTube and Netflix, among others, have already decided to reduce Internet traffic by reducing the pressure on the Internet network to prevent the world from crashing.

These apps will be affected by the recent decision not to store social media content in Google Photos:

Facebook

Hello

§ Instagram

LINE

Messages

Messenger

Snapchat

Twitter

Viber

WhatsApp

However, photos and videos that have already been backed up to Google Photos will not be affected.

Remember that some apps, including WhatsApp, have the option to disable the option to store videos and photos automatically in the Google app.

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China's response to the Indian ban on apps including TikTok

This is China's response to the Indian ban on apps including TikTok

Agency. Amid the ongoing border dispute, Chart on Monday banned 59 Chinese apps. Including the popular social app Ticktock and WeChat. Alibaba Group's UC Browser has also banned Baidu Maps.

These apps can be used on both mobile and computer. The Indian government has described the ban on the app as an emergency measure and a step towards national security. Indian and Chinese troops are facing each other in the border area of ​​Kazakh.

Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in a tense clash between the two countries on July 1. Indian Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted that the ban was necessary for security, sovereignty, and India's integrity. He further tweeted, "We want to protect the data and privacy of Indian citizens."

India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said in a statement: "We have received complaints about these apps from various sources. These apps were violating the privacy of the user on iOS and Android. This ban will protect mobile and internet users in India. It was important for India's security, integrity, and security. "

The Indian government did not name the Chinese government or the Chinese company in its statement and did not specify how the ban would be enforced. TikTok has commented on India's sanctions.

A spokesman for TikTok said, "The Indian government has issued an interim order banning 59 apps. Two thousand employees of Bait dance are working in India as per the rules of the government. We are proud to have millions of users in India. '

"We are in the process of complying with the order of the Government of India," TikTok said in a statement. We are also trying to present our response to the government.

The government of India is ready to follow the necessary rules for the security of the data of the ticket users. We do not share Indian user data with any foreign government. We don't even give it to the Chinese government. We take user integrity seriously. 

Nikhil Gandhi, head of TikTok India, said, "TikTok has democratized the internet. It is currently available in 14 Indian languages. There are millions of users in India.

It's a treat for people whose talents go unnoticed. Some users know the use of the Internet from the ticket. We also donated 300 million Indian rupees to the Prime Minister's Fund for the coronavirus epidemic. '

The Chinese Communist Party's English-language newspaper, the Global Times, wrote on the subject of the Indian government's decision, "This step comes at a time when tensions are rising between the two countries."

The Indian military has carried out illegal activities across the border in China and has launched provocative attacks on Chinese security forces. As a result, a deadly clash took place in Galway, a border area between India and China.

The Global Times also wrote, "Extreme nationalism has been seen in India since then. A boycott of Chinese products has been demanded.

Such pictures are being widely shared on social media, in which Indian citizens are blowing up televisions made in China. The 59 banned apps include Twitter-like Chinese-made platform Weibo, which has a verified account for the Indian prime minister, and 240,000 followers.

According to a press release from the Government of India, the Department of Home Affairs and the Indian Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Center had recommended a ban on the malicious app.

Some Indian companies are calling it a welcome step by the Indian government. Inmost, the owner of app Propose, which is competing with TikTok, said the move has opened up the market for its platform.

Similarly, the Indian social network Snapchat has also welcomed the government's move. TikTok's rival Bold India has said it will benefit from a ban on its biggest rival.

In a statement, Arun SABENA, co-founder and CEO of the company, said: "We welcome the ban because we understand the concerns of the government. It is also an opportunity for Bold India and other Indian apps to provide better service by putting Indian culture and data security first. "

That's why Cisco says the ban will affect Chinese apps. "From a strategic point of view, this will increase the economic pressure," Santosh Pan, an associate of Link Legal, which looks after Chinese investment in India, told the Economic Times.

Because these apps were very dependent on the Indian market. This is a strong step from a legal point of view. Because it becomes difficult to challenge the national security question in court.

He also said that it would be interesting to see if the Indian app could meet the needs of those apps or if the US app captured the market share. Similarly, Indian app investors understand that banning Chinese apps will reduce the app's competition in the Indian market.

But some analysts have warned that the ban on Chinese apps could be too heavy for India.

Analysts warn India to reverse the ban on Chinese app

Agency. Analysts have warned that the Indian government's move to ban 59 apps developed by Chinese companies would be counterproductive. Analysts believe that India's move will hurt Indian technology and startups that depend on Chinese investment.

On Monday evening, the Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps, including Tiktak and WeChat, citing data security reasons. The Indian government had issued a statement saying that Chinese companies were threatening the national security and defense of the country by collecting, mining, and profiling data of Indian users.

This is the latest response from India amid border disputes between the two countries. In an interview with Global Times on Tuesday, Sah Janu, executive partner of the UK law firm's Indian Investment Services Center, described the Indian government's behavior as "childish and emotional".

He further said, "This indicates that it would not be good to invest more Chinese in India now." The presence of Chinese investors in the Indian high-tech startup ecosystem has benefited India in recent years.

India has benefited not only from Chinese investment but also from China's state-of-the-art technology and sufficient experience to grow its business.

It is very difficult for India to remove Chinese influence from its market. This is because Chinese technology companies have made huge strides in India's emerging technology landscape.

By the end of 2019, Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent had invested in more than half of India's 31 unicorn companies, or more than 1 billion, according to Iron Pillar Fund.

Paytm, a payment platform invested by Chinese companies, and Ola, a ride-hailing company from the delivery platform Jomato, also have Chinese capital.

Analysts warn that targeting Chinese apps could lead to a major setback for the Indian startup ecosystem.

According to censor tower, a mobile app market research company, India is the largest overseas market for attendance tickets. The app had reached 600 million downloads in India by April 29. That's 30 percent of the world's total downloads.

But Tiktak said he had been summoned by Indian government officials for clarification. But since Tuesday, tickets have stopped appearing in the Google Play Store and iOS App Store in India.

 According to the Chinese Ministry of Finance, China's non-financial investment in India has increased 9.7 times between 2018 and 2020, while investment in technology alone has exceeded 8 billion (about Rs 1 trillion).

As a side effect of the border dispute, India has banned 59 Chinese apps, including tickets

 India has banned 58 other popular apps in India, including Tiktak, amid a border dispute. India made the decision in a statement issued on Monday evening.

Along with this decision, games like WeChat, UC Browser, Class of King will also be banned. India's Ministry of Information Technology has announced a ban on these apps, saying they would affect India's sovereignty and unity. India has accused some apps for collecting confidential user data.

These are the 59 Chinese apps that India has banned:

1. TikTok 

2. MI store

3. MI community

4. Vibo

5. Vichit

6. Share it

7. Class of King

8. Due recorder

9 Yukyam makeup

10.360 Security

11. Due battery saver

12. Due browser

13. Due cleaner

14. Due privacy

15. Clean Master

16. Cass Clean

17. Du Am Studio

18. Wadu Translate

19. Baidu map

20. QQ Launcher

21. QQ Security Center

22. QQ player

23. QQ music

24. QQ Mail

25. QQ News Feed

26. Wissink

27. QQ International

28. Explore ES File

29. MI Video Call - Xiaomi

30. Parallel space

31. Selfie City

32. Mail Masters

33. Vault-Hyde

34. Wet video

35. Bigo Live

36. UC News

37. UC Browser

38. Beauty Plus

39. Sender

40. Club Factory

41. Hello

42. Like

43. Kwai

44. Amway

45 cents

46. News dog

47. Wonder camera

48. Photo Wonder

49. Apps browser

50. Viva Video-Q Video Inc.

51. Perfect crop

52. CM Browser

53. Virus Cleaner (High-Security Lab)

54. Yukyam Maker

55. Mobile Legend

56. Also, fly status video

57. U video

58. Bhima

59. Sweet selfie

Government permission to download the app now!

Kathmandu. The Development and Technology Committee under the House of Representatives of the Federal Legislature-Parliament has directed the government to curb apps and social media. The committee meeting held on Friday directed the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to make arrangements for downloading the app only with the permission of the government.

The directive, issued in the name of the government by the date, says that the apps and social networks used in Nepal should be downloaded or used only after the regulatory body confirms that they are suitable in terms of security, privacy, and usefulness.

Similarly, instructions have been given to make mandatory security audit of government websites and information technology service providers and to make necessary arrangements for government domain names being registered by the private sector.

The committee said that government letters, documents, information, and data are being misused in an unauthorized manner and necessary arrangements should be made to use it only from government official emails and websites.

The directive further states, "The Committee directs the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of Nepal to make arrangements for the responsible officials of all the bodies of the Government of Nepal to formulate and implement necessary programs for the use of electronic communication tools and awareness about it."

The committee has also directed the government to effectively implement the program of providing high-speed broadband internet service in all local level ward offices, health institutions, and secondary level community schools.

Instruct the government to certify mobile apps, computer software and social networks as safe

The Development Committee of the Parliament has directed the government to ensure that the mobile app or computer software and social media are safe.

A meeting of the committee held at Singha Durbar on Friday directed to prove that the apps and social networks used in Nepal are safe in terms of security, privacy, and usefulness.

The meeting directed the Ministry of Communications to make necessary arrangements so that letters, documents, and information are misused in the government official emails and websites only.

The ministry has said that necessary laws will be made for the reform. The meeting also directed the Ministry of Communications to effectively implement the program of providing high-speed internet service in all local level ward offices, health institutions, and secondary level community schools.

Working from home

Although the coronavirus (Covid-19) originated in China, it has affected more than 100 countries around the world in the past month. Just last year, the world-renowned company Google instructed its South American office staff to work from home. Citizens of many countries, including Italy, have started living in isolation at home with the influence of Corona.

This trend of not going to the office, not going to the crowd and staying at home has started in many countries. Along with the Corona Cross, many citizens have left their homes for work other than having to go.

Although no corona infection has been reported in Nepal, the threat is growing. Going to the office is crowded and if one person is infected, the other is more likely to move. For that, the practice of working from home can be started in Nepal as well. But, how to do you work from home? Here are some of the apps that are more popular for office purposes and if an office motivates its employees to work from home, the use of such applications will help in the work. These applications support virtual communication between more than one person. Not only when there is talk of coronavirus, but also at other times, these tools help to do office work at home. Some tools are more useful for office management and some for employees.

Slack

Slack is a tool used for office purposes. What is special about it is that it gives the opportunity to communicate with the people in the office on various topics. Another feature of Slack is that it can be used both paid and free. It can be used by any organization with many employees. The biggest feature of being popular in Slack offices is not only the ability to chat but also the ability to chat by subject. It can also integrate other social networks and tools that work with document sharing, editing. It can be used in both app and web versions.

Flock

It is also a commercial messaging platform like Slack. It allows the user to chat, to make progress of the work in progress instantly. It allows you to chat with more than one person individually or individually. It also has a video chat system. It has the facility to massage the different departments of the office and the groups working separately according to their work. The flock can be used for free or for a fee. There is a charge for using the full feature.

Microsoft Team

Microsoft is a competitive tool of Team Slack. Its purpose is to monitor the work of the office staff and their work. Although Microsoft launched it four years ago, it made it available for free two years ago. By sharing it with your employees, you can share video, audio calls, file sharing, chats, and project-related responsibilities, and you can easily monitor them. Also, it is easy to know which employees have which shifts and how long they have worked.

Team Viewer

This is a very useful tool for people working on both home and office. It allows access from one device to another, which is very useful for file sharing. It can also be used to work from your office commuter at home. It can be used for free.

Dropbox

Dropbox is a useful tool for working people. If you keep the file and documents of the office in your computer in Dropbox, you can work with fun wherever you are, due to which it is not a hassle to do office work from home. Files in Dropbox can be shared, emailed, edited and copied with others, so it makes the job much easier. It can be used for free.

End-to-end encryption for those who use Zoom for free - 2020

End-to-end encryption for those who use Zoom for free

Agency. All users of the video conferencing software Zoom, which became popular during the Coronavirus era, now have access to end-to-end encryption. On Wednesday, Zoom announced that it would offer this feature to all users using the beta version from next month.

Zoom says it will make the feature available to both free and paid users. End-to-end encryption can be enabled and disabled by the organizer with the help of toggles during the meeting.

Earlier this month, the company said it would not provide end-to-end encryption to non-paying users, citing the risk of being used in illegal activities.

The company argued that strong encryption would make it difficult for police and other agencies involved in the investigation to access the data of free calls. Zoom has brought an end to the encryption feature after growing criticism over the security of the app.

A spokesman for the company said Zoom would not monitor meeting data and would not share information with other agencies, but would share information on incidents of child sexual abuse with investigative agencies.

Twitter lags behind Instagram in the news

The issue of which social network users trust the most is always on the agenda. There have been many studies on this subject.

Meanwhile, Reuters has released a 'digital news report' on which social media was mostly used as a news medium during the coronavirus epidemic.

According to the study, Instagram has overtaken Twitter. According to a study conducted in the UK, USA, Germany, France, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Japan, Australia, and Brazil, the number of people using Instagram as a news medium has doubled compared to 2018.

The influence of Instagram is growing, especially among the youth. According to the study, three-quarters of 18- to 24-year-olds use Instagram as a news source.

According to the study, Facebook is number one in the list of social media used as a news medium. During this period, users relied heavily on Facebook as a news source.

Similarly, YouTube is in the second position, WhatsApp is in the third position and Facebook Messenger is in the fourth position. Instagram is at number five while Twitter is at number six. According to a 2018 study, Twitter preceded Instagram.

But studies have shown that the number of people who believe the news on social media is low. According to the study, only 26 Prasit believe the news on social media.

According to the study, government bodies and national news organizations are trusted more than social media as a news source. Fifty-nine of the participants in the study said they believed the information flowing from such organizations.

Google launches 'One Tap' to make signing up and logging in easier

Google launches 'One Tap' to make signing up and logging in easier

The concept of registering for services by filling out a form is very old. It is largely being replaced by the autofill system.

But there are still some problems. For example, where did you sign up for an account from Google or Facebook? Use a password or register for the first time? Such dilemmas can come in it.

But for those who want to use Google's solution, the company has also come up with a solution. The company has developed a one-tap solution.

This new system makes it easy for you to sign up for apps or sites logged in with a Google Account with a single touch. Users will be able to use Google's solution after developers include it in their services.

This allows users to quickly sign up for a site or app without having to fill out a form on Android, and even back up quickly by tapping from a registered account. This way you can get rid of the hassle of remembering your password and creating an account under a nickname.

As it appears in the uniform interface, it can be easily identified in all third party apps and services. If you are already logged in to your Android device, Google will run on your device without asking for a Google account and password.

This way, even for the second time in a third-party app, it will not ask for your Google Account password. Google has also developed a back-end system called Block Store to guarantee that your information is secure.

This allows third-party apps to create security tokens, which are linked to the user's account. Users can use this token instead of other information when signing in.

This feature seems to be a great relief to those who use a lot of apps on their device. Life hacker Brendan Hiss is concerned about the risk of linking all apps to a Google account.

If someone has access to your Google Account, they can access all the apps you use. But there is no big difference between signing up from Google.

Top 50 inventive companies in the world this year -2020

Here are the top 50 inventive companies in the world this year

Kathmandu. As in real life, exploration is a powerful combination of operation, shape, and skill. Operations set ambitious agendas and invest in potential opportunities.

Size can turn those opportunities into new sources of income. Skills become an integral part of holistic exploration, which is needed forever.

The size and power of exploration-based companies around the world are growing. Out of the 50 exploration-based companies on Boston Consulting Group-BCG's 2020 list, smaller companies have revenues of 30 billion.

Since the first survey in 2005, their income has increased by 170 percent, or  11 billion. But operation and size are meaningless when your exploration system can't work on it.

BCG's investigation has drawn more serious conclusions about this. A series of explorations is awkward. Out of 162 companies, 50 companies have been at the top of BCG for the last 14 years. 30 companies once fell on this list.

Fifty-seven percent of companies made it to the list three times or less. Only eight companies, including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Samsung, and Toyota, make it to the list each year.

When BCG began research for the 14th edition of the 'Most Innovative Company' report, COVID 19 arrived. The main theme of this year was about the importance and benefits of a series of explorations.

This discovery has become even more relevant today as the leadership of research is making sweeping changes in supply, demand, consumer behavior, and the way it does business. Besides, companies have doubled their exploration during the current recession.

Companies are taking advantage of investment opportunities and working to overcome this situation. But the development of a clear exploration strategy is a prerequisite for its successful completion, which requires proper investment support.

Your search system should be able to quickly identify and use this opportunity. While researching these topics, a global innovation performance database of thousands of companies was created.

The study was started to find out what practices of those companies enabled him to rise above the rest of the world.

Committed to exploration

For two-thirds of the companies included in the study, exploration has always been a top-three management priority. This is the lowest level of the financial crisis in 2009 and 2010.

The uncertain economy that emerged due to geopolitical tensions before the spread of COVID 19 is also thought to be one of the reasons. This finding can be analyzed more subtly. Committed investigators, who accounted for 45 percent, said exploration was their top priority.

He also mentioned that he has made significant investment commitment. Another concern was that exploration, which accounted for 30 percent, was not a strategic priority and was not a special area of ​​investment.

Similarly, 25 percent of the ambiguous investigators have not invested as much in the strategic importance of the investigation.

The study found that 56 percent of researchers were in the financial and pharmaceutical sectors, 32 percent in wholesale and retail, and 37 percent in industrial goods.

Committed investigators have won. In the business started three years ago, the sales ratio of goods and services to such investigators has increased by 60 percent. The business of suspicious investigators has increased by 30 percent and the business of dilemma researchers by 47 percent.

Even in previous investigative reports, there was a big difference between committed investigators and others. Looking at the example of 2019, there was a big gap between the business of strong and weak investigators when it comes to using artificial intelligence.

The strong investigators involved in this study have found that external investigations, such as incubators and partnerships with educational institutions, have progressed.

According to a 2018 research report, 80 percent of strong investigators digitized their investigative processes well, while 30 percent were weak.

The expanding business of strong investigators is the latest evidence of the strong link between commitment to exploration and its analogy. This situation is seen in all areas related to exploration.

How do committed investigators work?

Most companies try to address multiple exploration challenges at once. But committed investigators handle only a few exploratory tasks at a time and get the right results by addressing them.

They focus on advanced analytics, digital design, and technical platforms. There are various reasons behind embracing these three special things of technology.

For example, advanced analytics has always been a top priority for industrial goods companies looking for new analytics-driven value propositions.

For example, agricultural equipment manufacturers are now moving to create the easiest agricultural technology possible through IoT (Internet of Things).

Even among the most committed investigators, only 60 percent have solved their priority challenge. There is plenty of room for improvement for other companies. Another challenge the success of can not be repeated.

Innovation and discovery

The researchers asked executives at various top investigative companies after 2015. Which has seen a new amazing pattern this year?

When the research was done on this topic, it was found that companies from different fields came to different fields and led the research. For example, Amazon is exploring the health sector, while Alibaba is exploring financial services.

In today's world where all sectors are becoming technical industries, it is very important to be able to develop exploration capacity by merging other sectors with one's own.

Many companies have broken through the wall and entered another area. Three M Company has explored many industries in the last few years.

These include consumer goods, chemicals, construction, and Medtech. Compared to 2016, this trend has increased even more (about 20 percent). New players following this trend are Sony, Nike, Xiaomi, and JD.com.

If you look at the data at the industry level, software and service companies are entering such areas. Automakers, chemical companies, retailers, and industrial manufacturers are entering the field of other companies.

Because they have seen opportunities in the business model driven by new technology. They have also found a source of income outside their core business.

Top 50 Innovative Companies

BCG's best inventor company is based on a comprehensive survey of 2,500 innovation executives from around the world, selected from a poll conducted from August 2019 to October 2019.

The company's performance was divided into four areas and averaged by calculating scores in the survey.

1. Apple (two location improvements)

2. Alphabet (one place below)

3. Amazon (one place down)

4. Microsoft (in place)

5. Samsung (in place)

6. Huawei (42 place improvements)

7. Alibaba (16 place improvements)

8. IBM (one place down)

9. Sony (back on the list)

10. Facebook (two places down)

11. Tesla (two places down)

12. Cisco (five places above)

13. Walmart (29 places above)

14. Tencent (re-entry in the list)

15. HP (29 places above)

16. Nike (re-entries)

17. Netflix (11 places down)

18. LG Electronics (in place)

19. Intel (re-entries)

20. Dell (21 places up)

21. Siemens (five places down)

22. Target (list re-entry)

23. Philips (six places above)

24. Xiaomi (re-entries)

25. Oracle (re-entries)

26. Johnson & Johnson (12 places down)

27. Snake (one place up)

28. Adidas (18 places below)

29. Hitachi (re-entries)

30. Of cost (re-entry in the list)

31. JD.com (newcomer)

32. Volkswagen (six places up)

33. Bus (newcomer)

34. Airbus (re-entry)

35. Salesforce (two places down)

36. JPMorgan Chase (16 places down)

37. Uber (re-entry)

38. Bayer (14 places down)

39. Poster and Gamble (re-entry)

40. Royal Dutch Shell (ten places below)

41. Toyota (four places down)

42. Nestle (re-entry)

43. ABB (newcomer)

44. 3M (five places down)

45. Unilever (13 places down)

46. FCA (newcomer)

47. Novartis

48. Coca-Cola (re-entry)

49. Volvo (newcomer)

50. McDonald's (29 places down)

Source: BCG Global Innovation Survey

The serial numbers for 2020 compared to 2019. Re-entrants are companies that were not on last year's list but were on the previous year's list.

Nepal is one of the top ten hacker countries - 2020

Nepal is one of the top ten hacker countries

Kathmandu. For some time now, the number of Nepali hackers on the Bug Bounty platform BugCrowd has increased dramatically. In the report 'Inside the Mind of a Hacker 2020' released by Bug Crowd on Wednesday, Nepal has managed to be included in the top ten countries.

However, the number of hackers has increased significantly in other countries in South Asia recently. Neighboring India has become the first country in the Bug Bounty to overtake the United States.

The report is based on an analysis of data from 3,493 hackers and 1,549 BugCrowd Vulnerability Disclosure programs between May 2019 and April 2020. There were 7.7 million interactions in this process.

According to the report, the number of Indian bug hunters has increased by 83 percent compared to last year. It has established India's image as a world leader in the field of information security research.

India has overtaken the US this time. For the first time, the United States has been forced to settle for second place with a limited number of 10 percent bug crowd users.

‘Such a significant decline indicates a decrease in the number of U.S. security research hackers. But the data shows that the number of Indian hackers is growing faster than in other countries.

Other countries in the top five of the list are Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Indonesia respectively. The UK is sixth, Egypt is seventh, Australia is eighth and Germany is 10th.

While announcing the results, BugCrowd estimates that it will curb cybercrime worth  8.9 billion in 2019 alone.

BugCrowd's platform aims to track where security researchers live, as well as to consider in-depth the factors that define a hacker.

CTO Chassis Ellis, founder, and chief technical officer of BugCrowd, said the company also wanted to erase the story of a man who hooked up to a dark room designed in the name of a hacker.

Interestingly, the survey found that about 53 percent of the hackers surveyed were under the age of 24. Forty-one percent were new, less than 12 months after joining the BugCrowd platform.

Thirteen percent of those hackers had neurodiverse. Neurodiverse is a broad term, which includes diseases such as attention deficit hyperactive disorder and autism.

"About 6 percent of neurodiverse are experiencing ADHD and they can make progress in rapidly changing areas such as security research," says Ellis. Their creativity to think outside the box is respected. ’

What kind of organization is Bug Crowd?

BugCrowd is a crowdsourcing platform. It is the first company to embrace and utilize crowdsource security and cybersecurity researchers as the main link to the business model.

Founded in 2011, the company is expected to become the world's largest bug bounty company by 2019.

What is Bug Bounty?

Bug Bounty is a reward given to cybersecurity personnel who detect errors or weaknesses in any computer program or system.

Cyber ​​Crime: Targeting Women and Children

A notice was posted on the Facebook page of an organization called 'Political Literacy for Women' on 27 April. In which it was written, the ‘Nepali baby group has been banned by Reddit and the cyber bureau has also stated that it is being investigated. We are watching the government. Let's see who wins, whether it is patriarchy or justice. 'During the lockdown, the' Nepali Babies' group was formed on social media Reddit and the photos of Nepali girls were misused. The victim girls found out that their photos were being misused without permission. He then lodged a complaint with the Nepal Police Cyber ​​Bureau. Police removed the objectionable comments in coordination with Reddit. However, the police are still investigating who misused the personal image of the public.

Some time ago, a fake Facebook account was opened in the name of Rama (name changed). The profile and cover photo of the account was from Ramakai, which was taken from her real account. The messenger of the account started sending nude photos to her relatives showing the back of the unidentified woman's body. Rama became anxious when she started sharing nude photos from her name account. Eventually, she appealed to the cyber bureau. Police arrested a person who opened a fake account in his name and filed a case under the Electronic Transactions Act. After the case, the man was released on Rs 50,000 bail.

These are just two examples of cyberspace crimes committed during the lockdown. To stop the possible spread of the Kovid-19 epidemic which is spreading globally, Nepal has been shutting down since 11 April 2076. During the lockdown, there was a massive decline in economic and social activities as well as a human activity, which reduced the overall crime graph in the society. People were confined to closed rooms. However, the strange thing is that even during this period, the incidence of cybercrime through social media and the internet did not decrease at all.

According to the Nepal Police, Cyber ​​Bureau, a total of 219 applications related to cybercrime were registered across the country in March last year. Meanwhile, 232 cases of cybercrime have been registered in the month of Baishakh. Which is 13 more than Fagun. From June 1 to 9 alone, 62 applications related to cybercrime have been registered in the bureau. According to the records of the bureau, 79 applications were registered during the lockdown period from 11 to 32 April. In all, 373 cybercrime applications have been registered with the Bureau in just two months of lockdown. "Lockdown is more misused than online," says Navindra Aryal, head of the cyber bureau.

The incidents show that women are the victims of cybercrime in Nepal and then children. Bureau chief Aryal also said that women and children are being targeted more now. "Everyone has a mobile phone in their hands, there is a trend of killing, luring, taking tempting videos and making it a weapon of blackmail," she said. "Women are the biggest victims, followed by children, cybercrime."

According to the complaints received by the bureau, the most affected by cybercrime are 'underage' children and women in the age group of 20 to 40 years. In the two months since the lockdown, the bureau has received 106 complaints of cybercrime-related to women and 18 complaints related to children. Of those who lodged complaints in March, 125 were women and 88 were men. Some women keep such incidents secret out of fear. Looking at it this way, it can be estimated that more women and children are victims of cybercrime.

Why are more women being targeted in cyberspace? 

Prakriti Bhattarai Basnet, head of Political Literacy for Women, a hashtag #notanymore campaign against cyberbullying against women, says the main reason is patriarchal culture. "Women don't have the habit of talking about cybercrime. We don't respond to any harassment in cyberspace," she says. "We keep quiet about blackmailing men because of our identities." More women are being targeted by cybercriminals as they are passive in the name of saving their identities. Our silence has only increased the morale of the criminals and we are becoming more and more victims. ' This campaign emphasizes three main points. The first is to raise awareness on how to use social media properly, the second is to collect stories about the crimes being committed against women in cyberspace and the third is to provide legal advice to the victims. Basnet says that the campaign is working on the concept of 'Let's not block, let's teach a lesson' keeping in mind that many women block themselves when they are harassed in cyberspace.

Advocate Neema Giri says that women are also victims of cybercrime due to financial dependence and lack of adequate information about the internet. ‘They are also trapped by the lack of information about the internet and social media. We don't care if it can be hacked or public, 'she says.' Everything seems to be open on social media. Boyfriend, internet with a partner, and Sami also remind many who talk openly through social media. 'She also claims that women are victims of cybercrime because of their financial dependence on men.

The nature of cybercrime also appears to be largely related to sexual violence. "Cybercrime such as photo multinational, revenge porn, ransomware attack, defamation, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, harassment, an impostor is seen in Nepal," says Aryal. Nature agrees. The stories collected by the campaign run by his organization show the same. "Most of the problems of 15-16-year-olds posting photos on porn sites, creating fake accounts, taking photos and photoshops are more prevalent," says Prakriti. She said that she was becoming a perpetrator or victim of cybercrime without knowing it.

Both the victim and the perpetrator of an incident in Kavre were minors. The perpetrator raped the victim and took video from the victim's mobile phone. The video spread through the Internet as a friend and reached porn sites. The victim was prosecuted under the Electronic Transactions Act. He is now in a juvenile home.

A recent study of children between the ages of 13 and 18 found that 49 percent were unaware of the dangers of using social media and the Internet. According to a survey conducted by an organization called EPACT, 56.6 percent of teens were unaware of cyber law and 9.3 percent shared passwords with friends. The study found that 8.7 percent of people send hurtful messages to get revenge out of anger. It also showed that children have a higher risk of cybercrime. Events are showing the same thing. "Because children are curious, cybercrime is also caused by those who misuse it," adds Neema.

In the cases provided to the weekly by the cyber bureau, the character was killed by posting obscene photos taken during a previous relationship by making fake IDs, forcing people to call him in his room to pass the exam, blackmailing him through social media, sending half-naked photos from fake Facebook IDs and emojis. There are more incidents of sending fake messages and pornographic messages with fake IDs, sending sexually explicit messages and nude photos to women. In some cases, intimate videos and photos taken when the relationship was good to have become a weapon of 'blackmailing' after the relationship have deteriorated. Some young women are victims of cybercrime due to financial dependence.

Women and children also seem to be victims of cybercrime, such as making friends with strangers on social media, sharing important personal information on the Internet and the virtual world, sharing photos and videos and passwords with strangers, intimate conversations in chats, and sharing sensitive scenes in video calls. There are also complaints in the cyber bureau that some people add obscene material to their heads out of momentary impulse. Experts stress the need to strengthen one's own security to prevent cybercrime.

The President of the Center for Cyber ​​Security Research and Innovation (CSRI), P.D. Suvarna Shakya says that the process of the security system should be completed and attention should be paid to the copyright issue. "People should use security options on social media properly, and passwords should be strengthened," he says. "Besides, they should focus on sharing only what is necessary, not making everything public, and claiming copyright." According to him, using one's social media or internet content internationally. Approval must be obtained before doing so, otherwise, copyright may be noted. He said that there are also acts like spoiling the photo and attaching it to another photo, adding that those who do such work can be brought under the ambit of legal action.

However, due to the cumbersome legal process and the limited space available to victims, many cases related to cybercrime remain secret before reaching the legal process. There are also loopholes in the management and research of cyber law in Nepal. Due to which the perpetrators of cyberspace do not come under the purview of law easily. Therefore, Shakya emphasizes the need to strengthen cybersecurity laws. Advocate Giri also insists that the legal provisions related to cybercrime are not adequate. "Cybercrime laws are not enough," she says. "Another problem is the limitations." For example, the case is heard only in the Kathmandu District Court. To lodge a complaint, one has to go to the Crime Branch, Teku, or the Central Cyber ​​Bureau, Bhotahiti. There is no place to go elsewhere. Even if the cybercrime is committed in Jumla, people are forced to come to Kathmandu. ' As it is a crime based on technology, its investigation is not easy. Facebook, Instagram police are also facing problems in the investigation as there is no support office of social networks like Ram, Gmail, Twitter, Emo, WhatsApp in Nepal.

The incidence of cybercrime is higher than in other cybercrime cases. That also has the most cases on Facebook. Of the 219 cybercrime complaints received by the bureau last February, 204 were related to Facebook, 5 to Instagram, 2/2 to emojis and YouTube, 1/1 to Viber, and WhatsApp and 3 to other social sites. Similarly, a bureau hacking complaint was lodged with the bureau in the same month.

These are the trends of cybercrime

Photo Molestation: Putting a person's face in a variety of nude photos on the Internet

Revenge Porn: Publishing pornographic photos and videos on the Internet

Ransomware Attack: Taking all the information under control and demanding ransom

Impostor: Using another person's name and photo on social media, opening a profile page to insult and hurt

Brute Force Attack: Attack in various ways for hacking

Defamation: To tarnish the reputation of a person or company with a good reputation

Cyber ​​Stalking: Bullying using various tools and means

Cyber ​​Bullying: Harassment and harassment using various tools and means

Apart from that, cyber crimes like hacking, unauthorized access, threatening through SMS on mobile, financial crime, fraud through online are seen in Nepal.

Source: Cyber ​​Bureau

Still easy to get Ncell's data and voice packs

Ncell customers can now easily access digital wallets and data and voice packs directly from Ncell's official retailers. For this, Ncell Pvt. Ltd. has partnered with three different mobile wallets and also provided the facility to sell packs to its retailers.

Ncell has partnered with Khalti, Prabhu-Pay and Uni-Pay to increase the use of digital wallets to pay for various services and facilities online. Users of these wallets can now easily purchase various data and voice packs from Ncell as required.

Ncell has further facilitated the process of purchasing services as per its commitment to provide world-class services to customers and contribute to the development of the country's digital ecosystem. In the initial stage, the customer can activate 6 different data packs and 6 voice packs through these wallets or from the bank account connected to the wallet.

‘Ncell is always striving to come up with appropriate solutions to address the needs of customers who are becoming accustomed to digital technology. In collaboration with Digital Wallets, our data and voice services have made a dozen packs available directly to our customers, ”said Pradip Srivastava, Ncell's Chief Commercial Officer. This is a great facility for our customers. '

Customers will be able to buy packs directly through retailers as per their requirement without having to go through the process of recharging the main balance on their mobiles first. Customers can pick up packs on their mobiles as needed from the nearest retailer. In this process, the retailer sends the pack's code and the customer's mobile number to Ncell via SMS or USSD as per the customer's request and the selected pack is activated directly to the respective customer's number.

Customers can pay only Rs. Including tax through Ncell's official retailers, Khalti, Prabhu-Pay and Uni-Pay. Can buy 2,100 MB of data at 98.99. The customer can use this data at the rate of 300 MB per day for 7 days. Similarly, only Rs. 15,000 MB can be taken at 498.83. In this pack, customers get 500 MB of data daily for 30 days.

Customers who need data services a little more can get 36,000 MB through these channels at Rs. 998.97 including tax. Under this pack, customers get 1200 MB daily for 30 days. Even if the data volume available under the pack is exhausted, the amount will not be deducted from the main balance for the duration of the pack.

Former Google employee fined 180 million

A former Google employee has been fined heavily for leaking confidential business information.

A San Francisco court has fined former Google employee Anthony Lewandowski  179 million. According to the order, Lewandowski will have to pay the amount to Google as compensation.

After leaving Google, Lewandowski and his colleague Lior Ron founded an auto company called Otto. Prior to that, he worked for VEMO, Google's automotive department.

Founded by those former Google employees, the company was founded as a competitor to Google, which focused on producing automatic trucks. Eventually, Google had to buy the new company they founded.

Google has accused the two men of breaking their agreement with Google and entering into unhealthy competition. Google claims that they have misused Google's business confidential information.

But Ron paid a small amount to settle the dispute with Google. But Lewandowski denied Google's allegations and was embroiled in a legal battle. Finally, the court has imposed a fine of Rs 179 million on him.

But Lewandowski has filed for bankruptcy, saying he can't afford to pay that much.

Stating that his total wealth is only 100 million dollars at most, he said that he could not pay the fine of 179 million. Agency