Cybersecurity

Aviation industry sees 600% year on year increase in cyber attacks

Behind any physical turbulence in the skies, a silent cyber war is being waged on the aviation…

The Case of Exploding Pagers

Lessons to be learnt by security operators worldwide!This happened in Lebanon for an hour yesterday…

MeitY issues advisory on CCTV security, asks ministries to avoid suppliers with past breaches

The information technology (IT) ministry has advised government departments and ministries to avoid…

Audit finds chinks in Delhi airport security

Defective X-ray machines, malfunctioning metal detectors, insufficient CCTV cameras a security audit laid bare the…

DHS faces cyber intrusion

A private company that conducts security background checks for federal employees had acybersecurity intrusion, the Department of…

NIC tries to play down security breach, critical data at risk

A major security breach of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), which runs all the emails of senior officials and websites of…

7,000 servers in India hacked in 4 months

About 7,000 servers in India have been hacked in the first four months of this year, which shows the lack of cyber security…

DG, NSG says that India lacks the means to evaluate new technologies

J.N. Choudhury, Director General, National Security Guards (NSG), speaking at the sixth edition of FICCI Homeland Security 2014,…

Microsoft study: Pirated software injurious to data security

Easily available pirated software is injurious to data security, says a recent study carried out across India. 65% of the pirated…

Survey: Most people willing to share biometric info for security

For technologies that were once considered creepy, the public is making concessions: Most people are willing to share biometric…

CBI signs MoU with Data Security Council of India for managing cybercrime

The CBI has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Data Security Council of India (DSCI) with a view to seek expert…

Critical sectors get cyber attack protection

The government has cleared a proposal to put technical-spying agency NTRO in charge of securing the IT installations of key…

SAI writes to RBI on ATM security

Security Association of India has written a letter to the Reserve Bank of India requesting it to pass instructions to banks to…

CCTV cameras help curb cargo thefts at airport: CISF

Incidents of theft at Mumbais Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport's cargo terminal have reduced drastically following the…

MPs warn that UK is losing the battle against online criminals

British MPs claim that the UK is struggling to win the war on cyber-criminals and more needs to be done to combat the threat of…