India is Highest for Spam Emails Security Report says: India has been named as the top country for receiving the highest amount of spam emails. The country is getting more spam than countries such as America and Brazil. Cisco conducted their 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report and found the surprising results. They calculated how much email countries…
India’s proposed mass surveillance programme seen as a blow to internet freedom: India’s new mass surveillance project, dubbed Centralised Monitoring System (CMS), will reportedly be fully operational by the first quarter of 2017, according to a draft Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report, which is due to be reviewed by the UN in the coming months.…
Alibaba in talks with Telecom operators to provide free Internet in India: Alibaba’s UCWeb, the internet software and services provider has big plans for India, the company is currently negotiating with telecom operators and Wi-Fi providers to provide free internet in India Read More...
Lax reporting by banks spoils arrest of cyber crime: Dy Guv: MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India has said that Indian banks are being lax in reporting cyber attacks to the regulator exposing the financial system and that state run banks are at a higher risk of such crimes than their private peers. Read More
India to Set Up Computer Emergency Response Team to Check Cyber Frauds: NEW DELHI (Sputnik) − In the wake of the increasing incidents of cyber frauds amid government’s push for digital transactions, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced setting up of a Computer Emergency Response Team to strengthen the security of the financial sector. Read More
India plans to build over 1,000 digital villages: India took another step toward a digital economy with the government’s announcement that it would provide free wi-fi to 1,050 villages in the next six months as part of its Digital Village initiative, CNN reported. Cell phone users will get access to the internet via wi-fi hotspots…
Most cyber crime cases registered in the year 2016 remain unsolved: The cases of banking frauds — vishing, cyber stalking, impersonation on social media sites, and job and lottery frauds registered with the city’s cyber police department in the year 2016 have decreased significantly. However, the number of cases solved by the cyber cell has…
Cyber Security: Insurance is critical in a digitised world: TECHNOLOGY plays a very critical role in the world of business and for long has been leveraged as an asset, making businesses increasingly dependent on it. Today, with the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes in India, transactions over the internet are playing…
Global cos wary of India due to fraud, security concerns: Fraud, cyber and security incidents are now the ‘new normal’ for companies across the world, according to executives surveyed for the 2016-17 Kroll Annual Global Fraud and Risk Report. Globally, the proportion of executives that reported that their companies fell victim to fraud in the…
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has ruffled the Net Neutrality feathers yet again. Last year, the regulator floated a paper on Net Neutrality and differential pricing, which was followed by a heated debate amongst stakeholders. Net Neutrality, the principle of keeping the internet a fair and open platform, won last year’s differential pricing debate…