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AMD to invest $400 million in India by 2028: Here’s what we know

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...
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India’s CERT issues warning about credit card scam on the internet

India has millions of internet users, making them the perfect target for scammers. And according to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), there’s a new attack model looking to steal their data and even money. The cyber body explained about a credit card skimming campaign run through e-commerce websites.

Attackers targeted the websites hosted on Microsoft’s IIS server and running ASP.NET web application framework, CERT-In explained. Apparently, Microsoft no longer supports this framework. And this has made the websites running on the server vulnerable to cyber attacks.

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So understandably, CERT-In wants owners of these websites to update their framework to the latest version. In addition to this, they want to make sure they audit the applications as well as the server database. This way, they will be able to keep a track of any malicious files loaded into the backend for exploiting the security weakness.

The details shared by CERT-In came through a recent Malwarebytes Labs report. It had discovered vulnerability termed CVE-2017-9248, for ASP.NET allowed them to steal credit card details. That’s not all, the issue could allow attackers to steal passwords of users, it said. The report said incidents were first observed in April this year when online transactions were at the peak because of lockdown in many parts of the world.

Firmware updates are vital to make sure the website and their directories are clear of any wrongdoings. And it is crucial that website developers conduct regular audits to check the hygiene of the platform and update the frameworks.

Android users warned by CERT-In

Back in June, CERT-In had warned about new vulnerabilities affecting Android mobile users. “An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability named “StrandHogg 2.0” had been reported in Google’s Android.

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The vulnerability was observed in the apps installed on the device. These apps will not alert the users as they can’t detect any issues. And if you start using the app, attackers can gain access to data on your phone. Which allows them to read messages, access photos, and all the apps on the phone.



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