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  Millions of credit card records left exposed by this payments startup: Know details

  Technology | April 23, 2020 19:59 IST

  Another security breach took place wherein a payments platform exposed users' credit card details

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  Why 47,000 Microsoft developers are generating 30,000 bugs a month

  Technology | April 23, 2020 13:36 IST

  Microsoft developers are generating thousands of security bugs a month. Read on to know what it is about

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  Apple's mail app has security issues for hackers to exploit iPhones, iPads: Know how

  Technology | April 23, 2020 12:14 IST

   iPhones and iPads are prone to hacking due to security issues in Apple's mail app. Read on to know more

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  India's cybersecurity market to hit $3bn by 2022: Report

  India | December 05, 2019 7:26 IST

  While the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector has the largest share in cyber security expenditure, demand in the government sector is expected to reach $581 million by 2022, at a growth rate of 13.8 per cent CAGR, according to the "Cyber Security India Market" report.

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  Twitter representatives appear before parliamentary panel examining cyber security of women

  India | December 04, 2019 18:44 IST

  The Twitter India officials made a presentation on the issue before the parliamentary panel on women empowerment.

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  Data of 20 out of 121 WhatsApp users targeted using Pegasus may have been accessed: Prasad

  Technology | December 04, 2019 16:00 IST

  On May 20, WhatsApp reported an incident to country's cyber security watchdog Cert-In, stating that it had identified and promptly fixed a vulnerability that could enable an attacker to insert and execute code on mobile devices.

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  DoT asks its offices, CPSEs for security audit certification

  Business | November 25, 2019 14:28 IST

  Recently, large scale security breach came to light with WhatsApp reporting a breach of mobile phones of 121 private individuals in India who were targeted by the Israeli-made spyware Pegasus in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections this year.

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  India's 'weak' cyber security needs immediate overhaul

  India | November 01, 2019 10:00 IST

    According to experts, no such urgency or seriousness to counter cyber security risks has been seen in India.

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  India, France likely to finalise roadmap for digital, cyber security cooperation

  India | August 20, 2019 23:23 IST

  The two sides will also explore new areas of cooperation such as artificial intelligence, supercomputing and developing digital technology among others, informed sources said.

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  Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says Fake FaceApp infecting users devices

  Technology | July 19, 2019 18:22 IST

  FaceApp has raised privacy concerns, primarily because users are uploading photographs and device-related information to a service operated by a company based in Russia.

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  25 websites of Central Ministries, state governments hacked between Jan-May 2019: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  India | July 11, 2019 16:15 IST

  "As per the information reported to and tracked by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a total number of 199, 172, 110 and 25 websites of Central Ministries/Departments and State Governments were hacked during the year 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (till May), respectively," Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

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  Quick Heal 1st Indian firm to get US patent for anti-ransomware tech

  Technology | July 05, 2019 11:16 IST

  Quick Heal's  R&D  centre in Pune, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)-powered technology detects and blocks known and unknown ransomware on a real-time basis.

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  YouTube bans hacking videos; content creators puzzled

  Technology | July 04, 2019 12:26 IST

  "harmful or dangerous content", and "instructional hacking and phishing", video added to the updated policy of YouTube.

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  WhatsApp may cease to exist in India if new regulations kick in: Top executive

  India | February 06, 2019 18:49 IST

  Without denying the possibility of quitting the India market in case the new regulations come into force, Woog told IANS: "It will not help to speculate what is to come. There is a process in place in India to discuss this issue".

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  NASA faced cybersecurity threat daily during US government shutdown

  Science | February 05, 2019 15:32 IST

  The partial shutdown, which started on December 22 and ended on January 25, became the longest on record, overtaking the previous record of a 21-day impasse in 1995-96 under then President Bill Clinton.  

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  Rajasthan Police use hilarious Thugs of Hindostan meme for cyber-security awareness

  Trending | November 14, 2018 10:49 IST

  After Mumbai Police, Rajasthan Police use Thugs of Hindostan reference to raise awareness about cybersecurity. 

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  Tech Mahindra, Israel Aerospace tie up for advanced global cybersecurity

  Business | October 03, 2018 15:02 IST

  Tech Mahindra on Wednesday announced global partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to provide and develop technical security solutions for utility firms and critical infrastructure.

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  RBI to beef up cyber security in fiscal year 2019, protection against cyber crimes tops priority list

  India | September 03, 2018 15:06 IST

  "With the emerging threat landscape, where organised cybercrime and cyber warfare are gaining prominence, the Department (of Information Technology) is working towards ensuring continuous protection against the changing contours of cybersecurity threat," as per the RBI's annual report.

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  Facebook deletes 652 fake accounts targeting world politics

  Internet | August 22, 2018 11:18 IST

  Facebook removed Pages, groups and accounts that can be linked to sources the US government has previously identified as Russian military intelligence services.

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  India 4th among the top 10 countries for web attacks: Report

  Internet | June 27, 2018 13:09 IST

  Cybersecurity defenders face increasing threats from organisations in the form of bot-based credential abuse targeting the hospitality industry