Hacker shows cops how he got Aadhaar data: Abhinav Srivastava, prime accused in the Aadhaar data theft case, stunned investigators on Saturday with a six-hour demonstration explaining the shortcuts he used to hack+ into websites. He disclosed the modus operandi he used to hack into the government website to access Aadhaar data. The cyber crime sleuths recorded…
Awareness only way to fight cyber crime: Experts: Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Describing cyber crime as a rising menace in India, experts on Thursday said proper awareness, assessment, and implementation of security policies were the way forward to fight the malady. Read More
India’s ‘digital’ power system to undergo countrywide cyber security audit: India’s power distribution and generation system, which is being digitised by the government, is set to see a countrywide cyber securityaudit so that hacking in state grids and plants can be prevented. Read More
India ranks 4th in online security breaches: CHERNNAI: As the risk of cyber threats looms over enterprises going digital, a Symantec study reveals that India ranks fourth when it comes to online security breaches, accounting for over 5% of global threat detections. The US and China occupy the top two slots and together make for…
Are mobile transactions secure? Study says apps of 7 banks vulnerable to theft: Even as banks continue to discourage cash transactions, a study has revealed that mobile apps of seven Indian banks are vulnerable to theft of sensitive financial information, according to a report in Business Line. Vishal Raman, the India head of cyber security firm…
Hackers attempt to target Army officers’ computers with sex videos: Hackers are targeting computers of Indian Army officers with decoy emails that purportedly contained links of “their sex videos”, found the cyber security team of Indian Army. According to a report of Mail Today, computers of at least four officers of Lieutenant General-rank were on target…
WhatsApp explores UPI for digital payments in India: BENGALURU/DELHI: Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp is exploring the unified payments interface (UPI) among other payment modes to launch its payment solution in India. The development comes about a month after WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton had told ET’s sister publication The Times of India that the Facebook-owned…
India’s drive for a cashless economy puts millions at risk of cybercrime: When the Indian government recently banned two high-value currency notes, it led to all sorts of chaos. It led to huge queues to exchange money at banks and ATMs. And this in a country where more than half of its citizens do not…
Cyber-law inadequacies pose challenges for all: NEW DELHI: Inadequacy in Indian Cyber law and Cyber security provisions pose big challenges for all, especially corporate lawyers. These, say cyber-law experts, have to deal with cases on disputes in a nascent digital environment. Read More
Pune: Cyber cell arrests man for âdupingâ 63 persons across India: The cyber crime cell of the Pune city police on Wednesday arrested a youth from Karnataka for allegedly duping people by misusing their debit card information to withdraw money from their bank accounts. Read More