If you think that this might be the case of something really censored then let me change your thought process as this will surely give a shock for a while. Well the thing goes like this, have you ever shared a post which is booming in social media around the globe? I know your answer…
The Digital India vision aims to connect over 1.2 billion people and leapfrog into next generation infrastructure including smart cities. Millions of people, devices and machines are already getting hyper-connected across the country each day. But as much of Digital India; from critical communications network to power distribution, from financial well-being to e-governance depends on…
Even as the government is talking about the Digital India vision, acts of cybercrime are on a rise. Nothing is safe on your personal computers or laptops as the attacks are becoming rather sophisticated. The latest to fall victim to the ransomware attack is an East Delhi-based businessman who cannot access 500 GB of his…
India is expected to see an unprecedented boom in the number of Internet users over the next few years but for a host of Internet companies it means a wholesale change in the language in which they engage with their potential new consumers. According to a November report by the Internet and Mobile Association of…
During his town hall address at IIT Delhi, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said: “Those who don’t have access to the internet cannot sign online petitions.” But how can he decide what is best for them? Recent research by Amba Kak at the Oxford Internet Institute found that financially constrained users prefer buying shorter duration Internet…
The state of cyber security in India is reaching critical levels, with acts of cybercrime continuously rising. An India specific report by Norton by Symantec revealed that 113 million users are affected by some form of online attack in 2015. 16,000 people spend as many as 30 hours dealing with the fallout of cybercrimes. Ritesh…
Last month, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was in India, defending his company’s initiative Internet.org, promoted now in a new avatar called Free Basics. The programme’s key feature is free access to select websites, or zero rating. Facebook claims it will help to extend Internet access to millions who find data charges unaffordable. Its critics see…
Threat of attacks on the cyberspace cannot be fathomed without accepting the fact that the internet, by definition, is an entity without any borders. What this implies is that cyberspace of a particular country or region cannot be excluded from the global network, which affects the latter and vice-versa. Cyberspace’s growth directly proportional to cyber…
Sachin Bansal, CEO of Flipkart, has extended his support to rival e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal, which has come under attack by users for its affiliation to Bollywood actor Aamir Khan. “This is flawed logic. Brands don’t buy into brand ambassador’s personal opinions. Snapdeal should not face this,” Bansal tweeted on Wednesday. Snapdeal brought in Khan as…
Cyberattacks on the private sector are an increasingly important risk in corporate credit analysis, US ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service said. The threat of computer hacking varies from sector to sector and remains hard to measure because intrusions often go undetected or are not publicly disclosed, Moody’s said. Likening cyberattacks to natural disasters, the agency…