China has reportedly announced that it is “upgrading” its internet censorship to block Virtual Private Network (VPN) services inside the country, a report said. The move comes as part of a government crackdown on one of the few options available to the citizens and foreigners in China to access the internet fully, reported Stuff.co.nz. Read…
India has not been kind to people who have taken the path less travelled — be it MF Hussain or Salman Rushdie and more recently Perumal Murugan. Even while we have social media that has boosted freedom of expression and creativity, there is a rider in the form of Article 66A. Given that anytime a…
Software engineer Ashwath Akirekadu can’t tell you how many times he’s logged onto GitHub over the last 15 years, but he vividly recalls the one time he couldn’t. Earlier this month while on vacation to visit family in Bangalore, India, Akirekadu tried to help a local friend who wanted to develop a mobile application. Just…
PFP Cybersecurity, a security startup, has come up with novel way to spot cyberattacks against power and manufacturing plants. By using trends in power consumption activity, rather than standard malware detection, the technology successfully spotted Stuxnetin an experimental network before the malware went into a disastrous spree. PFP Cybersecurity, which officially launches on Monday and was…
For the last several months, cybersecurity experts have been warning Verizon Wireless that it was putting the privacy of its customers at risk. The computer codes the company uses to tag and follow its mobile subscribers around the Web, they said, could make those consumers vulnerable to covert tracking and profiling. It looks as if…
Panasonic India has partnered with Reliance Communications (RCOM) to launch Cloud Video Intelli-Surveillance, an end-to-end video surveillance solution with advanced analytics for the enterprise segment. Combining Panasonic’s global domain expertise in surveillance cameras and video analytics with Reliance’s countrywide network and data center infrastructure, Cloud Video Intelli-Surveillance is designed as an integrated solution to bring…
We have a problem when it comes to stopping mass surveillance. The entity that’s conducting the most extreme and far-reaching surveillance against most of the world’s communications-the National Security Agency-is bound by United States law. That’s good news for Americans. U.S. law and the Constitution protect American citizens and legal residents from warrantless surveillance. That…
We have a problem when it comes to stopping mass surveillance. The entity that’s conducting the most extreme and far-reaching surveillance against most of the world’s communications-the National Security Agency-is bound by United States law. That’s good news for Americans. U.S. law and the Constitution protect American citizens and legal residents from warrantless surveillance. That…
Hackers gain access to computers and networks by exploiting the weaknesses in our cyber behaviors. Many attacks use simple phishing schemes – the hacker sends an email that appears to come from a trusted source, encouraging the recipient to click a seemingly innocuous hyperlink or attachment. Clicking will launch malware and open backdoors that can…
Recently press appears to have discovered a new interest on reporting the current status of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal in India. Last week the Mumbai press reported the number of cases decided by the Maharashtra Adjudicator Mr Rajesh Agarwal who has become the “King of Adjudicators” by deciding on a number of adjudication complaints. In…