China’s Lenovo Group Ltd, the world’s largest PC maker, said it will no longer pre-install software that cybersecurity experts said was malicious and made devices vulnerable to hacking. Lenovo had come under fire from security researchers who said earlier the company pre-installed a virus-like software from a company called Superfish on consumer laptops that hijacked…
After triggering a cyber world conflict between the US and North Korea, a potent virus masquerading under the pseudonym of Hollywood movie ‘The Interview’ has been seen prowling in the Indian cyberspace to attack and damage Android-based smart phones. Cyber security sleuths have detected the activity of this ‘Trojan’ category virus in the domestic Internet circuit which falsely leads…
Any government nowadays has to adapt its laws and at the same to keep it up to date with technological advancement – which is a seemingly herculean task given their vastly contrasting respective pace. One issue many lawmakers are focusing on is cyber security. Given the growing reliance on internet access in our everyday lives…
JP Morgan has built a digital security team of more than 1,000 people, many of whom are ex-military cyber security officers, to combat online threats, Bloomberg’s Jordan Robertson and Michael A Riley reported. The bank does not believe the US government is doing enough to protect cybersecurity, the report said. The deepening focus on online security…
Investigators at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are on the lookout for violations such as poor risk controls or lax disclosures relating to hacking and other cyber breaches, a top SEC official said Friday. “Cyber security… is an area where we have not brought a significant number of cases yet, but is high on…
Dubbing the Narendra Modi government as a ‘joint enterprise of the RSS and BJP”, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat Friday accused the Centre of launching a “right wing offensive” on the country to serve the interests of corporates and Hindutva forces. Addressing the opening session of the 21st state conference of the CPI(M) here, he…
With the most-talked about topic being the controversial All India Bakchod (AIB) roast of Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, celebrities have been sharing their opinions and thoughts on the same. Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan was also asked to comment on the issue at a recent press meet where she launched a new range of ice…
After January’s terror attacks in Paris and February’s shootings in Denmark, once again the debate on on the right of freedom of expression and its limits has heated up. Last weekend, one person was killed and three police officers were wounded when a gunman opened fire on a free-speech debate at a Copenhagen cafe organized…
In an interim relief to producer-director Karan Johar in the AIB Roast controversy, the Bombay High Court on Friday restrained the Mumbai police from arresting him till March 16. On that date, the court will hear a bunch of petitions filed by the performers of the controversial ‘AIB Roast’ show seeking quashing of the FIR…
Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai’s lawyer Indira Jaising onThursday told to Delhi High Court that there was “simultaneous violation of the right to free speech, right to freedom of association and personal liberty of movement”. A day after the government has justified the decision to stop Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai from travelling to London for a…