Indian-origin researchers report cybersecurity risks in 3D printing
A team comprising of Indian-origin researchers has found cybersecurity risks in 3D printing by examining two aspects — printing orientation and insertion of fine defects.
Cyber control hub to keep check on online trolling, child pornography
Keeping child pornography and online trolling in check will be high on the agenda of a cyber-control hub being set up by the Home Ministry.
The Rs 400-crore state-of-the-art centre, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (IC4), is being set up to tackle all cyber crime including child pornography and online abuse.
Crossing the line, online
When Maneka Gandhi got trolled, it made headlines but online abuse is a nerve-racking daily reality for the city’s vocal women activists, bloggers and college students She has faced water cannons and a vicious police lathi charge. In the summer of 1994, the enemy seemed kosher -in this case the central government trying to push…
How Bollywood is fighting ‘irrational’ censorship in India
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had asked the Udta Punjab filmmakers to make 94 cuts, including removal of expletives, references to cities in Punjab and any shots of drugs being consumed, ironically in a film about drug abuse. But Anurag Kashyup and other producers decided to challenge the CBFC’s order in a Mumbai…
Salman Khan: People misuse freedom of expression on internet
The virtual world has become a route for Bollywood celebritiesto connect with their fans, but it has its negatives as well. Superstar Salman Khan says social media users forget to act “responsibly” while expressing their views on the internet as they get carried away thinking that “no one will find out” about it.
Techie held for hacking Air India frequent flyers accounts
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) A 23-year-old techie has been arrested for hacking Air India‘s Frequent Flyer member accounts and using them to book tickets sold to several travel agents, Delhi Police said on Sunday.
The accused, Anitesh Giri Goswami, a BCA graduate from Pune, was arrested from Jaipur on Friday.
Indian ISP sniffing and censoring CloudFlare’s traffic
A recent report is making rounds of the internet because of its headline itself. According to the report, a popular Indian ISP (Internet Service Provider), Airtel is sniffing and intercepting all unencrypted traffic going upstream from CloudFlare’s India data centers. This is being done irrespective of what ISP the user is on. This is huge…
Madras High Court Bars Internet Service Providers From Allowing Kabali Downloads
The Madras High Court has put the onus of stopping illegal downloads of Rajnikanth’s upcoming movie Kabali on internet service providers (ISP). The court has restrained 169 registered ISPs in India from allowing illegal downloads of the movie that will be released worldwide on July 22, news report said.
UN extends human rights to online world
The United Nations (UN) has expanded the domain of human rights to cyber-space.
In a landmark resolution for the “promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet”, the UN has affirmed the right of all to use the internet without fear of surveillance or deprivation.
Cyber cell against trolls: Maneka Gandhi should know that trolling is gender-neutral
Union Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi seems to have unilaterally donned the mantle of the protectress of the Indian womankind by announcing a cyber cell “to check online abuse” according to a heavily editorialised NDTV report. This move is both dubious and senseless. We’ll examine the senseless bit first by holding her to…