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  CBI cracks down on WhatsApp group circulating child pornography, administrator arrested

  India | February 22, 2018 19:12 IST

  The group has 199 members, some of which include foreign nationals from Brazil, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, USA and China, CBI officials informed.

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  Anupam Kher’s Twitter account hacked, ‘I love Pakistan’ tweeted the hackers from Turkey

  Celebrities | February 06, 2018 16:30 IST

  Twitter account of Swapan Dasgupta has also been suspended after hacking speculations.

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  PM Modi asks top police officials to deal with cyber crime on priority

  India | January 08, 2018 19:32 IST

  Modi said cyber security issues should be dealt with immediately and should receive highest priority.

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  India firm on stopping terrorists from using social media: Government

  India | November 23, 2017 17:56 IST

  Addressing the inaugural session of the fifth edition of the Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) here, Prasad underlined the need to keep cyber space safe and secure for a better digital future.

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  India woefully under-prepared to protect data, users' rights on Internet; time to implement New-Age cyber laws

  Internet | September 28, 2017 17:35 IST

  According to The New York Times, in the last five years, more than 50 countries have passed laws to gain greater control over how their people use Internet.

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  A woman gets death threats for piercing her 6-month-old daughter’s cheeks! Here’s what happened

  Life | July 07, 2017 18:28 IST

  Some violent users suggested that Vance should be beaten to death.

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  After Mischa and Emma, THIS Hollywood actress falls prey to hacking scandal

  Hollywood | March 16, 2017 16:33 IST

  Hollywood hacking scandal seems to get worse with each passing day. After Misha Barton and Emma Watson, another popular actress-singer Amanda Seyfried’s private pictures have allegedly been stolen and leaked online. The actress who, is

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  DU girl grappled for two weeks to get her nude pics removed from internet

  India | January 25, 2017 14:03 IST

  While Delhi carries the infamous tag of being the most unsafe city for women, another shocking incident seems to have added more weight to it.

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  India ranks 6th in cybercrime; trails Nepal, B'desh in download speed

  India | December 23, 2016 11:44 IST

  it has been found that the country figures poorly in the global cyber stakes.

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  India’s digital payment start-ups not equipped to tackle high security risks: FireEye

  December 19, 2016 18:17 IST

  India may have begun taking steps to become a cashless economy, but most of its new mobile wallet companies are not aware of the cyber risks involved in the process, a top executive from US-based

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  SC notice to Google, Facebook others on plea seeking curb on cybercrimes

  India | December 05, 2016 19:14 IST

  The Supreme Court today sought response from internet majors Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook on a plea seeking curbs on sharing of sexual offence videos on social networking sites and steps to check cybercrimes.

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  Cyber scammers threaten MP woman, demand Rs 2 cr in Bitcoins or they post her pics on porn sites

  India | December 02, 2016 12:03 IST

  cyber scammers have threatened a 30-year-old woman in Jabalpur district to pay up Rs 2 crore in Bitcoins to keep them from uploading her pictures on pornographic websites.

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  India faces around 40,000 cyber security incidents each year, government informs Lok Sabha

  India | November 30, 2016 16:26 IST

  The proliferation of Information Technology and related services has led to a rise in the number of cyber security incidents in the country as elsewhere in the world, the Parliament was informed today.

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  Indian teen arrested in US for cyber attack on police 911 system

  World | November 02, 2016 9:51 IST

  An Indian-origin teenager has been arrested in the US for carrying out a cyberattack that swamped Arizona's emergency services with several bogus calls, an incident he claimed was a non-harmful joke gone wrong.

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  Dark web facilitating delivery of drugs and guns right to your doorsteps. Read how

  July 27, 2016 18:59 IST

  Buying a gun and a gram of cocaine could never have been easier. E-commerce websites operating in the dark web have made their availability convenient and secure. According to a report by ET, marketplaces in

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  Beware Apple users! Hackers can now access everything on your iPhone with a single message

  July 25, 2016 17:06 IST

  If you use any Apple device -- be it an iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch or Apple TV -- there is good reason why you need to update your operating systems immediately. Users are being

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  Govt requests seeking user data reach record high, India fourth on global list

  July 20, 2016 14:18 IST

  New Delhi: Google received record number of requests concerning user data from governments across the world in the second half of 2015, the tech giant has said. In a transparency report released on Monday, Google

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  Govt taking steps to fight cyber crimes, says Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

  July 19, 2016 15:55 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday said that the rate of conviction of those accused of committing cyber crimes is low, but also said that it is taking steps to fight the threat, which is

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  106 websites including Snapdeal, Amazon, Quikr running illegal wildlife trade, says govt

  July 18, 2016 18:11 IST

  New Delhi: The government today has announced that e-commerce majors like quikr, olx, eBay, amazon among other popular websites are running illegal wildlife trade of rare animals and their body parts. Environment Minister Anil Madhav

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  Former Air India employee held for hacking into airlines website, selling tickets illegally

  July 18, 2016 12:59 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Police Cyber Crime Cell arrested a former employee of Air India under the Economic Offences Wing for hacking the airliners website and illegally selling tickets. The accused, 23-year-old, Anitesh Giri Goswami,