Page 6 - Cyber Security

How will the new rules for VPN providers threaten user privacy?

The govt has come up with regulations requiring VPN service providers to collect and store a host of personal information from their subscribers. Can the new rules undermine your privacy?

Suryoday SFB partners Kyndryl to drive digital, IT transformation

Collaboration will enable Suryoday Bank to provide enhanced security, availability, and manageability for core IT and banking applications

China aims to form international standard organizations for cyber dominance

Beijing has considerably improved its ability to secure approval for its initiatives and to reject those that it does not support using a variety of strategies

IBM keen to share knowledge with Karnataka govt on cyber security, AI

The three-member IBM delegation led by Sandip Patil, managing director, IBM South Asia assured the minister that the company would help the government in formulating a cyber-security policy

India needs investment in cyber security tech: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Inaugurating the IBM cybersecurity hub, he said India needs such steps to become the centre of innovation and growth

Cloud communications firm Zoom pays over $1.8 mn to bounty hunters in 2021

In 2021, Zoom also recruited over 800 security researchers on the HackerOne platform.

Israel-based Coralogix forms Snowbit, a cyber security venture in India

Founded and led by tech veterans and former Amazon Web Services (AWS) executives, Snowbit will have operations across Tel Aviv and New Delhi/Gurugram

Algo Rhythm: Cybersecurity spending up 10-fold since 2014-15, shows data

Actual spending on cybersecurity has always remained lower than budgeted estimates

The digital threat

India's cyber-security strategy needs a credible deterrence capacity

Oyo appoints former PayU exec Prakash Padariya as cyber security head

He has more than 19 years of experience across geographies with extensive expertise in corporate security consulting, cyber security, cyber warfare, vulnerability assessment

PM bats for indigenous manufacturing in defence sector, discourages import

Cyber security is no longer limited to just the digital world as it has now become a matter of national security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday.

Cyber attacks: India among top 3 most-affected nations in Asia in 2021

Server access attacks (20 per cent) and ransomware (11 per cent) were the top two attack types on Asian organisations in 2021, followed closely by data theft (10 per cent)

Tenable Research reveals over 40 bn records were exposed globally in 2021

This is up nearly 78% over 2020. While healthcare and education are most-targeted industries worldwide, APAC region shows another picture, with tech industry and govts being largest victims

Apple Safari 15 bug can leak your browsing activity, personal data

A software bug in Apple browser Safari 15 may let any website track your internet activity and even reveal your identity via macOS, iOS and iPadOS 15, according to a new report

India climbing up the ladder of emerging tech patents, shows data

5,000 patents were filed in AI in India in the decade 2011-2020

India's cybersecurity services, product industry revenue at $9.85 billion

India's cybersecurity services and product industry logged a revenue of USD 9.85 billion in 2021 and grew at a compound annual growth rate of about 40 per cent in the last two years, a report by Data Security Council of India (DSCI) said. The report titled 'India Cybersecurity Industry Report Services & Product Growth Story' said the key drivers of the Indian cybersecurity industry are adoption of cloud-first strategy; business-led innovation (remote working conditions); growing threat landscape and awareness around threats; and global and domestic regulations around compliance and data privacy. North America and Europe continue to be the leading geographies for services and products revenue with combined 58 per cent revenue contribution, it added. Asia and Middle East and Africa (MEA) are the fastest growing geographies, it said. The report said the Indian cybersecurity services industry grew from USD 4.3 billion in 2019 to about USD 8.5 billion in 2021. The Indian cybersecurity

Instagram head faces US senators over measures to protect young users

The head of Instagram met with deep skepticism on Capitol Hill over new measures the social media platform is adopting to protect young users.

After suing NSO Group, Apple starts sending alerts to Pegasus victims

After suing NSO Group, the developer of infamous Pegasus spyware, the tech giant has started sending threat notification alerts to victims of state-sponsored hackers,

Airtel CEO warns cyber-fraud cases are becoming 'alarmingly frequent'

Common instances of fraud include fake UPI handles and websites and fake OTPs

Cybersecurity management is a continuous process: Sebi chairman Ajay Tyagi

"Clearly, cybersecurity management is not a one-time event but a continuous process - it is not a project but a journey," he added