Author Archives: Harshajit Sarmah - Page 9

23 Sep

5 Reasons Why Contributing To Open Source Projects Helps In Landing A Job

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With time the way companies recruit people is changing significantly. More than your qualifications, your skills and expertise are gaining more importance in the employer’s eyes. There are even articles on platforms like Glassdoor that lists companies who no longer ask candidates for college degrees but look for skills and expertise. When it comes to…

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23 Sep

Inside The Rampant Threat Of Smominru Botnet

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The way strategies — both defensive and offensive — are evolving in cybersecurity is incredible. There was a time when it was all about taking systems down with attacks like DDoS, phishing, malware; then ransomware came into the picture; and today, the strategies to pwn computers have reached a whole new level. Threat actors have…

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19 Sep

A Day In The Life Of: A 17-Year Old Student Entrepreneur Who Built JARVIS Inspired Personal Assistant

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In our weekly column ‘A Day In The Life Of’, we step into the shoes of different techies from different industries who are working in some of the most sought after technologies like big data, data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, the internet of things etc.  This week we got in touch with a brilliant…

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17 Sep

6 Venture Capital Firms That Are Betting Big On Cybersecurity In India

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Amid all the rising cyber-attacks and threats, cybersecurity industry in India is witnessing a major growth. And it is not only in terms of existing companies but also in terms of new companies. But, starting a company is not an easy task, especially in domains like cybersecurity. So, from where do these startups get their…

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16 Sep

Wipro, IISc Collaborate To Build An Autonomous Car For Indian Roads

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Indian multinational corporation Wipro has collaborated with IISc Bangalore develop an electric autonomous/driverless car for Indian roads. According to a report, IISc and Wipro are not going to use any existing vehicle; rather they are going to create their own electric vehicle and then put all the systems inside. And talking about the rollout, it…

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16 Sep

5 Ways Companies Can Prevent Technical Debt In Open Source Projects

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If you are from the software industry, there are a good number of chances that you have come across the term “Technical Debt” at least once. But what exactly is technical debt? Technical debt a.k.a tech debt or code debt is a metaphor coined by software developer Ward Cunningham. This term is used to describe…

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16 Sep

Top 5 Automation Tools That Can Speed Up Your Data Science Project

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Data Science has impacted a lot of businesses from different industries. While data science has managed to come so far, becoming “the sexiest job of the 21st century”, there is one more technology that is gaining prominence. Today, automation is not only limited to sectors like robotics, but it also collaborating with other domains to…

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13 Sep

Behind The Code: An RPA Developer Who Knows How Automation Is Creating More Jobs

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For our weekly developer column ‘Behind The Code’, we interact with the developer community in India and try to take a look at their journey till date — the way they work, and the tools they use. For this week, we got a chance to interact with Piyush Ratnam, an Application Developer at McAfee. Piyush…

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10 Sep

5 Ways Organisations Can Defend Against Living Off The Land Attacks

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Hackers nowadays are going old-school again. If you take a look at the some of the recent hacking events, techniques and strategies that were used years back have come back to the fore again. One such concept of hacking that is gaining traction among hackers is Living off the Land (LotL) Attacks.  What is Living…

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09 Sep

Hacked: Phone Numbers & IDs of 419 Million Users Leaked. Why Is Facebook Still In Denial?

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When it comes to security issues with social media platforms, Facebook has always been on top of the list. In early 2018, Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal was a major political scandal. According to reports, Cambridge Analytica was harvesting personal data of millions of Facebook users and using it for political advertising. Ever since then, the…

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