Cellphones with mobile apps could be potential target of cyber attacks globally and subscribers’ data including usernames and passwords are at risk, security software maker McAfee said today. The failure of mobile application developers to patch critical secure sockets layer (SSL) vulnerabilities could potentially impact millions of mobile phone users, according to McAfee Labs Threats…
F-Secure Labs in its “The State of Internet in India” report has labelled New Delhi as the most infected city in 2014 out of 540 cities it reviewed. Around 20 per cent of malicious activities were detected from New Delhi. Other most infected cities include Hyderabad (9 per cent), Chennai (7 per cent) and Chandigarh…
The national capital emerged as the most vulnerable city to cyber attacks in the country last year, as more and more people accessed the Internet either through desktop or mobile phones, according to a study by security solutions firm F-Secure. “New Delhi becomes the top malicious city, meaning the ability of hackers to attack corporates…
In the fourth part of our series examining Thailand’s new and controversial cyber laws, we look at the impact it can have on business – and it doesn’t necessarily look very profitable. In the last couple of instalments of this series, we have highlighted the pitfalls, flaws and loopholes of some of the new proposed…
Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party has expressed dismay over the UN’s decision to delay a report on the human rights situation in the country describing it as “justice delayed is justice denied”. Denouncing the decision by the UN to defer its report by six months, Tamil National Alliance’s (TNA) northern provincial councillor M K Shivajilingam…
An Egyptian court sentenced a prominent activist to five years in jail on Monday for violating limits on demonstrations, amid one of the toughest crackdowns on dissent in Egypt’s history. After the verdict was read, chants of “Down, down with military rule!” rang out in the crowded courtroom from supporters of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a…
The United States Department of State on Monday named its first-ever special envoy to advocate globally for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Randy Berry, an openly gay senior diplomat, has served as U.S. Consul General in Amsterdam since 2012. His earlier foreign service postings included Nepal, Bangladesh, Egypt, Uganda,…
President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said Digital India programme would prepare the country for technology-based transformation. “My government has envisioned an ambitious umbrella programme, Digital India, to prepare the country for technology-based transformation and citizen centric transparent governance with service orientation,” he said, addressing a joint session of both the houses of parliament on the first day…
Gopal Vittal, who runs India’s biggest phone company, said the government is offering too little of the 3G spectrum that’s badly needed to support surging data growth at next month’s auction of airwaves. Making more of the highspeed frequencies available will act as a big boost for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India project, said…
Aggrieved investors will no longer have to track their complaints physically as the government is launching a revamped online investor grievance mechanism, which will be connected to the offices of registrar of companies (RoC) across the country. This will allow a complainant to check the status of his complaint using a grievance ID.
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