India ranked 18 out of 24 countries, falling from rank 17 in the same study conducted three-years ago. BSA is a non-profit which counts Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco and IBM as members. “The finding is a sign that the legal and regulatory environment for cloud computing in India is not keeping pace with cloud innovation,”…
There are four key aspects that can be gleaned from the text of this paragraph. First, the abuse of ICTs (including the internet) in violation of United Nations Charter and international law, “for terrorism and other criminal purposes”. Second, the need for countering such abuse by strengthening cooperation, and developing an international treaty for addressing…
Twitter has been long missing tools to deal with multiple abusive tweets but the social media company has finally announced updates for iOS, Android and desktop users that promise to take care of the problem. Earlier, users had to flag off individual tweets to Twitter’s safety team to report abuse online. The new updates, in…
Symantec’s Internet Security Report (ISTR), 2016 reported a worrying shift to highly organized and professional cybercriminal activity. Even more worrying is that India is a prime target of this activity. The IRTS also notes a sharp increase in mobile device related scams. It lists a range of new mobile device related cybercrimes that were discovered…