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  77 percent of Indians risk online security for fitness tips: Report

  June 28, 2016 15:44 IST

  New Delhi: Youngsters today are eager to have an ideal body. Three out of four youngsters in India, between an age group 21-30 years are most likely the one who are risking the online security.

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  Supreme Court to hear plea on banning WhatsApp for security reasons

  June 24, 2016 10:52 IST

  New Delhi: Popular messaging app WhatsApp can soon be banned in India due to security issues. A petition was filed against the end-to-end encryption launched by the company recently. According to the petition the encryption

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  Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo’s Twitter account hacked

  June 20, 2016 18:57 IST

  New Delhi: In the latest in the series of account hacks that indicate how unsafe Twitter accounts of even its top officials are, it now appears that even the former CEO of Twitter isn’t protected

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  India ranks fourth in hacked servers list: Kaspersky report

  June 17, 2016 12:16 IST

  New Delhi: India ranks fourth in the list of hacked servers available for sale via xDedic marketplace. According to the list almost 3488 Indian servers in India are for sale as of May 2016 by

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  Odisha villager hacks toll-free number of private company, causes Rs 60 lakh loss

  May 30, 2016 15:33 IST

  New Delhi: A 19-year-old Odisha villager hacked a toll-free number of a private company, causing it a loss of Rs 60 lakh. Himalaya Mohanty (19), a resident of Shibapura village in Balasore district, hacked on

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  What? Hrithik-Kangana’s UGLY fight to be made into a movie? ‘Krrish’ star agreed to hear !

  Bollywood | May 15, 2016 19:35 IST

  Hrithik Roshan has been recently approached with film s based on his legal battle with Kangana Ranaut.

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  Posting social media updates on luxury vacations could cost you, hackers are on the pry

  April 04, 2016 18:16 IST

  New Delhi: Posting photos and checking into social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook has now provided cyber criminals a way for virtual extortion. The wealthy people are being targeted and there are some cases

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  Hackers spelling error prevented Rs 6000 cr bank heist; still got away with Rs 537 cr

  Life | March 11, 2016 18:50 IST

  New Delhi: Cyber criminals allegedly hacked the Bangladesh Central Bank's computer system and stole Rs 537 crores ($80 million), amounting to one of the biggest bank thefts of all times. Though, a bigger heist of

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  Harsh Reality: One in four kids sexually harassed by friends online

  Tech Auto | January 08, 2016 19:00 IST

  New York: It's not just strangers who target children online. One in four children is being sexually harassed by people they are closest to over the internet, according to a new research.The study led by

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  48 percent Indians online were cyber crime victims last year: Norton

  November 19, 2015 20:20 IST

  New Delhi: An estimated 113 million Indians, or 48 percent of Indians online, fell victim to cyber crime last year, a report by American software security firm Norton said on Thursday.Indian victims lost about Rs.16,558

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  Government will spend Rs 400 crore to fight child pornography and online abuse

  India | September 22, 2015 23:41 IST

  New Delhi: Tackling child pornography and online abuse will be the top priority of a highly sophisticated centre to be set up by the government to deal with cyber crime.The initiative comes after an expert

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  Pak cyber firm stole information from India, claims US-based IT security firm

  India | March 11, 2015 13:16 IST

  New Delhi: According to a two year investigation report by US-based IT security firm, a Pakistani cyber firm with close ties to Islamabad has been found stealing information from Indian government and defence establishments.The US

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  Gulshan Rai appointed cyber-security chief under PMO

  India | March 04, 2015 9:19 IST

  Bengaluru: The Narendra Modi government has created a cyber-security chief position under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).A top official from the Ministry of Information Technology said that the government has appointed Gulshan Rai, Director General

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  Restrictions should be higher in internet than print, TV: Centre tells SC

  India | February 26, 2015 11:08 IST

  New Delhi: Central government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that reach and impact of internet was wider and the level of restrictions on this medium should be higher as compared to print and television.The

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  Google: Not liable for users' online activities

  February 16, 2015 11:49 IST

  Jackson: Does Google help criminals by allowing its search engine to lead to pirated music or by having its auto-complete function suggest illegal activities?Mississippi's attorney general suspects the company does and wants to investigate further,

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  India is best partner to combat shared cyber threats: US

  India | February 11, 2015 7:54 IST

  New Delhi: The US wants India to be its "best partner" to combat "shared" cyber crime threats in specific sectors of finance, infrastructure and energy, a top American official said.United States of America's Coordinator for

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  'Ladies and Gentlemen' inspired by real life cyber crimes inspired, says director

  Bollywood | January 28, 2015 20:08 IST

  Chennai: Director P.B Manjunath says real life cyber crimes inspired forthcoming Telugu film "Ladies and Gentlemen", which is about the role of the internet and its impact on human lives and emotions."Internet has almost become

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  GTU launches centre to fight cybercrime

  India | January 28, 2015 11:15 IST

  Ahmedabad: With an aim to curb rising menace of cybercrimes, Gujarat Technological University (GTU) here has launched e-Raksha Research Centre that will encourage research and enhance capability to provide solution for issues related to cyber

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  Government to launch security web portal

  India | January 22, 2015 13:16 IST

  New Delhi: To promote innovation with security-related application and offer people safe means for the security needs, the government has decided to launch a web portal "MySecurity.in", a statement said Thursday.An official release from the

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  Rajnath Singh lays foundation of CFSL, Guwahati

  India | November 29, 2014 20:16 IST

  Urput (Assam):  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today laid the foundation of a new Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Mirza town, near Guwahati.  The state-of-the-art CFSL will help the law enforcement agencies in catching