Cyber Security

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Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Anurag Thakur brief the media on Cabinet decisions, in New Delhi, on Wednesday, (PTI)

Rs 14,900-cr Push to Digital India Project

After the Cabinet meeting, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw unveiled the scheme's extension

17 Aug 2023 12:39 AM

We are reshaping the cybersecurity mindset and fundamentally altering the way job seekers and employers view the market, Sanjay Sengupta said.

Cybersecurity - The new age career option for students

WhizHack offers the first and only dual certificate programme combining deep conceptual training by IIT Jodhpur faculty

03 Jul 2021 12:40 PM

Vikash Chaudhary is a pivotal figure in Indian hacker culture and has influenced a new generation of young hackers, many of whom have gone on to achieve great success. — By arrangement

HackersEra Is a Well-Known Cybersecurity Company Based In India That Started As a Modest Startup

An APP that necessitates abundant safety measures to safeguard your videos from piracy

14 Jun 2021 9:17 PM

In this modern technological environment, the State has been empowered to use cyber tools in surveillance as technology in this field has improved by giga leaps and bounds. (Representational image)

AA Edit | Cyber warfare and state surveillance new normal

The government has a great responsibility towards funding cyber security measures in all sectors that are strategically important

04 Mar 2021 7:36 AM

It is difficult for security software to detect attacks perpetrated with legitimate tools as these actions could be either a cybercrime activity or a regular system administrator task, Kaspersky warned. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

IT support staff beware, hackers could be using your troubleshooting software for attacks

Software employed by IT support staff for everyday tasks were used in 30 per cent of cyber attacks, security solutions firm Kaspersky said.

09 Aug 2020 6:50 PM

“Entire markets and potentially elections may be manipulated or altered in this way,” a security expert said.

Hacking of 130 accounts exposes security chink in Twitter armour

Young hackers interested in original short Twitter handles hacked the accounts for bragging rights and financial incentives, the firm said.

20 Jul 2020 4:57 PM

The attack, which Twitter and federal police are investigating, started with a playful message between hackers on the platform Discord, a chat service popular with gamers, according to the New York Times. (Photo | AFP)

Young group of hacker pals carried out Twitter attack, not Russia: NYT

The paper interviewed four people who took part in the hacking, who shared logs and screenshots to back up their statements of what happened

18 Jul 2020 8:57 PM

The Indian government has also demanded information of vulnerability exploited by attackers and modus operandi of the attack and sought details of remedial actions taken by Twitter to mitigate the impact of the hacking incident. (Photo | Pixabay - Elchinator)

Govt seeks info from Twitter on Indian users affected by recent hack

CERT-In has also asked Twitter if affected users have been informed about unauthorised access to their Twitter accounts.

18 Jul 2020 5:39 PM

Zoom last month released an enhanced and encrypted version of the application in order to ensure protection and privacy of personal information. (Photo | Flickr- Marco Verch)

Update your Zoom app or hackers could get access, says national cyber security agency

The Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) says a vulnerability in an earlier version of the app could be exploited.

17 Jul 2020 9:23 PM

No Facebook, 88 other apps for Indian Army jawans and officers

The Army could take action against any personnel found to be using these banned apps from July 15.

08 Jul 2020 11:00 PM

Small and medium enterprises, especially those that do not use their own domain and hosted email service, are most at risk of cyber security threats. (Photo | WIkimedia Commons - Jaydeep)

If you're a small business, your email is most vulnerable to cyber crime, says police official

Ransomware attacks are also rising but one can protect oneself using backup clouds and locking systems, such as multiple levels of security.

28 Jun 2020 8:18 PM

Journalist and activist Omar Radi speaks to the media after his hearing at the Casablanca Courthouse, In Casablanca, Morocco.(AP)

Morocco rejects Amnesty’s allegations on spying on journalist

A report by Amnesty alleges that authorities had snooped on journalist Omar Radi using Israeli-made technology

27 Jun 2020 4:00 PM

Netgear Armor is especially useful at this time when the sensitive work of most companies is being done by employees from home.

Netgear offers cyber security for an annual subscription with its routers

Netgear says it can protect networked devices against Trojans, ransomware, spyware and blocks malicious links in emails and apps.

21 Jun 2020 6:43 PM

One of the tools, the restricted mode, protects minors by using a machine-learning Artificial Intelligence that filters out content that may not be age-appropriate.

TikTok says its 10 tools for cyber security illustrate how safe the platform is for its teen users

One of the most popular apps in India, TikTok says its features empower parents as well as teenagers themselves to protect their privacy.

13 Jun 2020 9:00 PM

A protester's sign is shown at Peachtree Plaza during a demonstration Saturday, June 6, 2020, in downtown Atlanta. Protesters were demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, who died after he was restrained by Minneapolis police on May 25. (Photo | AP)

Websites taken down, police radio radio disrupted amid Black Lives Matter protests in US

There were interruptions to police radio frequencies in the last weekend of May as despatchers tried to direct responses to large protests.

12 Jun 2020 8:50 PM

Zoom violates the privacy of its millions of users, the plea says, an allegation that the government’s COVID app Aarogya Setu also faces from users.

Zoom not safe, says plea in Supreme Court asking for ban on app, Centre asked to respond

The plea also seeks a direction to the Centre to carry out a technical study into the security and privacy risks of using Zoom.

22 May 2020 8:38 PM

If you receive such links, delete it, the police advised. But if you’ve already downloaded the app from such a link on WhatsApp or SMS, it would be better to do a factory reset of your phone to protect it.

Get Aarogya Setu from Google, Apple app stores only, Pakistan collecting data via fake links: Police

Some people have been receiving malicious links via WhatsApp and SMS, the police said in its cyber security alert

06 May 2020 6:11 PM

A yoga teacher in Hong Kong holds a Zoom meeting for a guided session of the fitness activity. (Photo | AFP)

Zoom introduces security measures to ensure there is no more Zoombombing

Last week’s embarrassing hacking of official group calls by naked men exposed the lack of security in the videoconferencing web app

05 Apr 2020 2:58 PM

The hacking of a wider group of top government officials' smartphones than previously reported suggests the WhatsApp cyber intrusion could have broad political and diplomatic consequences. (Representational Image)

Govt officials across 20 nations targeted for hacking through WhatsApp: report

WhatsApp has said it sent warning notifications to affected users earlier this week.

01 Nov 2019 8:33 AM

Organizations understand that regulatory demands must be met, despite their lack of reporting.

67 per cent of industrial organizations do not report cybersecurity incidents

Many companies are flouting reporting guidelines – perhaps to avoid regulatory punishments and public disclosure.

31 Oct 2019 2:24 PM

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