Odisha to get three more cyber police stations
Bhubaneswar, June 17 (IANS) Three more cyber police stations would be set up in Odisha to deal with the rising number of cyber crimes in …
Tech Mahindra, IIT-K join hands on cyber security
Kanpur, June 10 (IANS) With an aim to introduce innovative cyber security solutions and enhance digital resilience of critical national infrastructure, software major Tech Mahindra …
Police dismantle dreaded international cyber-crime gang
London, May 17 (IANS) An international gang of cybercriminals involved in stealing $100 million from over 40,000 victims by infecting their computers with a banking …
Trump declares national emergency over cyber threats
Washington, May 16 (IANS) With a motive to protect US communications network from “foreign adversaries”, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Wednesday. The …
69% Indian firms face serious cyber attack risk: Study
Kuala Lumpur, May 13 (IANS) While 69 per cent Indian and 63 per cent Australian companies are most at risk of cyber attack, 35 per …
Tri-services hold exercise to combat cyber threats
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The tri-services — India Army, Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Navy — on Monday carried out a major joint …
Microsoft issues security alert over cyber attack: Reports
San Francisco, April 14 (IANS) Microsoft has alerted some of its webmail users of possible hacker attacks that could access their email accounts illegally, media …
IoT in healthcare at serious cyber attack risk
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) While the healthcare industry is rapidly adopting new-age technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) …
Cyber thugs running ‘criminal flea market’ on FB
San Francisco, April 6 (IANS) The US cyber intelligence firm Cisco Talos has discovered 74 Facebook groups – touted as “online criminal flea market” — …
‘Kingpin’ in cyber fraud held in Noida, may have duped 14 lakh people
Noida, March 31 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Sunday claimed to have arrested the kingpin of cyber criminals who duped thousands …
Defence Cyber Agency to empower Indian armed forces
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) As cyber threats from nation-state bad actors grow exponentially, India urgently requires to enhance the cyber capabilities of its armed …
Facebook denies cyber attack as Whatsapp, Instagram, Messenger suffer outage
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Facebook ruled out a cyber attack on its products Whatsapp, Instagram and Messenger, which suffered service outage for hours on …
50 mn cyber threats detected during H2 2018: Seqrite
Pune, March 13 (IANS) Researchers detected close to 50 million cyber threats targeting enterprises during the second half of 2018, according to a new report …
76% Indian companies hit by cyber attacks in 2018
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Over 76 per cent organisations in India were hit by cyber attacks in 2018 as IT security continued to be …
Chandrababu Naidu involved in cyber crime: Jagan
Hyderabad, March 6 (IANS) YSR Congress President Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday complained to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan that Andhra Pradesh Chief …
14.5% Indian companies could not detect any cyber attack in 2018: Report
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Nearly 14.5 per cent of Indian companies could not detect any cyber attacks last year as finance and Information and …
North Korean-backed ‘Sharpshooter’ cyber attacks still on: Report
San Francisco, March 4 (IANS) A global cyber espionage campaign, known as Operation Sharpshooter, started a year earlier than previously thought and is still ongoing, …
Symantec partners with 120 companies to cut cyber security cost
San Francisco, Feb 28 (IANS) California-headquartered global cybersecurity company Symantec said it had forged partnerships with 120 companies including Amazon Web Services (AWS), IBM Security, …
Kerala publishes cyber safety protocol for students
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 24 (IANS) The state-run Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) on Sunday published a cyber safety protocol detailing guidelines. The protocol comes …
Norwegians are favourite targets of cyber crime: Report
Oslo, Feb 22 (IANS) Norwegians have become one of the favourite targets of cyber crime and are easier to be cheated than Swedes and Danes, …
Presidency to offer cyber security course
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Presidency University is coming up with a specialised course in cyber security at its new campus, which will start functioning in …
Cyber crimes pose a challenge to traditional policing: Rajnath
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that cyber crimes pose a challenge to traditional policing and called upon …
Australian Parliament cyber attack led by foreign country: PM
Canberra, Feb 18 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday that cyber attack on the country’s Parliament earlier this month, was carried out …
Most firms in India lack adequate cyber security: Report
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Cyber security operations at most companies in India are inadequate and do not meet the security needs, a report by …
Cyber security to be ‘very complex’ with AI, M2M coming in: Gulshan Rai
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) At a time when the technology landscape across the world is adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) connectivity, the …
Cryptominers biggest threat in cyber world: Report
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) While ransomware reigned supreme in 2017 accounting for 28 per cent of malware attacks and cryptominers only made up 9 …
Cyber attacks outpacing physical terror attacks
New York, Jan 27 (IANS) With increasing cases of data breaches and information loss happening on the Internet, cyber attacks are outpacing physical attacks among …
Enterprises must be prepared for mega cyber attacks: Check Point CEO
Bangkok, Jan 22 (IANS) The world is on the brink of facing mega cyber attacks and the enterprises need to be prepared more than ever …
US-based self-claimed cyber expert says 2014 elections were rigged, poll panel denies allegations
London, Jan 21 (IANS) In a sensational claim, a US-based self-claimed cyber expert Syed Shuja on Monday said the 2014 Lok Sabha elections were “rigged” …
India saw world’s lax cyber security protocols: WEF report
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Malicious cyber-attacks and lax cyber security protocols again led to massive breaches worldwide of personal information in 2018 and the …
India should strengthen cyber warfare capabilities: Narayanan
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Underscoring that India was on the threshold of a digital age, former National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan on Wednesday said the …
Indian enterprises face over 2.8 lakh cyber threats daily: Report
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Enterprises in India faced more than 2.6 crore cyber threats during the third quarter of 2018 — translating to over …
China rebuts ‘cyber attacks’ reports by Canadian media
Ottawa, Dec 22 (IANS) Allegations against China of cyber attacks reported by the Canadian media were fabricated stories, which have seriously misled the public, the …
2 Chinese hackers charged with cyber espionage in US
Washington DC, Dec 21 (IANS) US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has revealed that charges have been brought against two alleged Chinese hackers linked to …
Cyber technology new weapon of anti-nationalists: Naidu
Gurugram, Dec 16 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said cyber technology is a big and new weapon of anti-nationalists, hence the security …
Sophisticated cyber attacks on Cloud to dominate 2019: Trend Micro
Bengaluru, Dec 15 (IANS) Cyber attackers will use more sophisticated tools in 2019 to take advantage of the changing technology landscape and prey upon evolving …
Rs 262 crore cyber-tax fraud unearthed in Delhi
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The Delhi government’s Trade and Taxes Department has unearthed a cyber-tax fraud totalling Rs 262 crore, happening since 2013 with …
Symantec identifies group behind cyber attacks in Pakistan, Turkey
San Francisco, Dec 12 (IANS) California-headquartered global cybersecurity company Symantec said it has identified the group behind a recent series of cyber attacks designed to …
Cabinet clears National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the launch of the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) to address ever-increasing …
Centre brings booklet to guard teens from cyber bullying, other crimes
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has come out with a booklet on cyber safety for teenagers that tries to address their …
SEBI releases cyber security framework for brokers, depositories
Mumbai, Dec 3 (IANS) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday came out with a cyber security framework for stock brokers and …