27,482 cybersecurity threat incidents in India till June 2017: CERT-In: India witnessed more than 27,000 cyber security threat incidents in the first half of 2017, according to Minister of State for Electronics and IT P P Chaudhary’s reply in Rajya Sabha. Threats reported include phishing attacks, website intrusions and defacements or damages to data as well…
Dear millennials, here is why you are a soft target for cyber criminals: What does it take to stay safe on internet in the age of mass malware and ransomware attacks? If you think it’s knowledge of how internet works, you should think again. Awareness counts as much as knowledge because it has come to…
Need to head for safer Digital India, say experts: NAGPUR: As we are spearheading into the age of digitalization, there is a constant need to upgrade the knowledge about cyber security to deal with all consequences smartly. Keeping the requirement in mind, Nagpur University’s Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Law organized a one-day seminar on ‘Changing Dimensions…
How To Guard against Mobile, Online Fraud: Fraudsters using mobile phone or the Internet to trick unsuspecting users has become so frequent in India that the police, often, turns a deaf ear. Such frauds have become so commonplace that a single cyber police station in Mumbai may have to register 10 to 12 FIRs (first…
Cyber safety to be in school curriculum: Following the recent ransomware cyberattack that caused disruption in many countries, the State government has become alert of an increasing threat of cybercrime and internet hacking. To nip the cybercrime in bud, the State government has decided to induct ‘Cyber Safety’ as one of the subjects in the…
Internet Of Things (IoT) and cyber risks: IoT is the inter-networking of physical objects which enable them to interact with each other through the internet. It describes a world where just about anything can be connected to communicate with each other. According to industry analysts, it is estimated that around 40-50 billion devices will be…
Realities remain in Digital India: My exposure to Digital India was till recently a mix of government hype and the data my team routinely put together to share with our international partners. My first-hand interface began quite innocuously when the government asked us to link our Aadhaar and PAN cards and made this a requirement…
WannaCry Wouldn’t Scare Us If India Had a Cybersecurity Ministry: In Star Trek, Nero, a Romulan from the future, uses black holes to destroy planets of the Federation. Jim Kirk and Spock team up to find a way to stop his evil mission that threatens the very existence of mankind. The Star Wars franchise imagines wars fought with an…
Free Public Wi-Fi Make You Prone to Cyber Crime; Learn These Security Tips to Stay Safe: Consumers are unable to resist a strong, free Wi-Fi network and their online behaviours may be placing their personal information at risk, according to Norton By Symantec’s 2017 Norton Wi-Fi Risk Report, released today. “There is a deep divide…
Indians Call For More Stringent Data Protection Laws: The government is India is facing calls to establish better cybersecurity laws to protect consumers’ data after fears have crept up that Reliance Jio, the telecom startup in India, suffered a major data leak. According to a report in Reuters announcing the news, Jio denied the data leak took place, saying…