U.S. House bans whatsApp on official devices over security and data protection issues
The U.S. House of Representatives has formally banned congressional staff members from using…
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Taj Mahal security to be monitored by drone
In view of the continuing terrorist threat on the 17th century Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh police is…
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Yahoo data breach could be biggest known cyber attack; 500 million accounts hacked in 2014
Yahoo Inc has said that at least 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014 by what it…
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Australia plays down concerns over mass surveillance
Officials from the Department of Home Affairs in Australia have sought to assuage concerns that a proposed national facial…
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Microsoft President advocates Facial Recognition to be regulated
Microsoft President Brad Smith is urging lawmakers to regulate facial recognition technology and to enact laws governing its…
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In Irish politics, “Biometrics” becoming a dirty word
With government use of biometric technology becoming an increasingly sensitive issue in the public domain, an Irish government…
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Dutch police can now access 200,000 private security cameras
The police in the Netherlands can now access footage from almost 200,000 privately-owned security cameras. In October 2016, 100,…
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China wants to track citizens cars with mandatory RFID chips
The Chinese government is readying a program that will make it possible to track citizens cars using RFID chips, according to The…
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Homeland Security to test Face Recognition at U.S.–Mexico Border
Beginning in August, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin piloting a new face recognition system at the Mexican…
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India needs 3 million cyber security professionals right now
Global technology major IBM has said there is a massive shortage of cyber security professionals in the country, urging young…
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Hikvision forms partnership with Brightsight security lab for cyber security
Hikvision has entered into a partnership with Brightsight, a world leading security lab, to work together in combating cyber…
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3.24M records were stolen, lost or exposed in India in 2017
Gemalto has released the latest findings of the Breach Level Index, revealing that 3.24 million records were stolen, lost or…
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Women less comfortable sharing biometric data than men
Women are twice as likely as men to say they do not want the government to store any of their biometric data, and are less likely…
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Indias cyber security chief avoids netbanking
Even as the government promotes more digital transactions, the countrys cyber security chief Gulshan Rai said he rarely does any…
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No security breach of database, UIDAI clarifies
Unique Identification Authority of India ( UIDAI) has clarified that there has been no security breach of its database or Central…
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