On May 20, WhatsApp reported an incident to country's cyber security watchdog Cert-In, stating that it had identified and promptly fixed a vulnerability that could enable an attacker to insert and execute code on mobile devices.
Recently, large scale security breach came to light with WhatsApp reporting a breach of mobile phones of 121 private individuals in India who were targeted by the Israeli-made spyware Pegasus in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections this year.
According to experts, no such urgency or seriousness to counter cyber security risks has been seen in India.
The two sides will also explore new areas of cooperation such as artificial intelligence, supercomputing and developing digital technology among others, informed sources said.
FaceApp has raised privacy concerns, primarily because users are uploading photographs and device-related information to a service operated by a company based in Russia.
"As per the information reported to and tracked by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a total number of 199, 172, 110 and 25 websites of Central Ministries/Departments and State Governments were hacked during the year 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (till May), respectively," Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Quick Heal's R&D centre in Pune, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)-powered technology detects and blocks known and unknown ransomware on a real-time basis.
"harmful or dangerous content", and "instructional hacking and phishing", video added to the updated policy of YouTube.
Without denying the possibility of quitting the India market in case the new regulations come into force, Woog told IANS: "It will not help to speculate what is to come. There is a process in place in India to discuss this issue".
The partial shutdown, which started on December 22 and ended on January 25, became the longest on record, overtaking the previous record of a 21-day impasse in 1995-96 under then President Bill Clinton.
After Mumbai Police, Rajasthan Police use Thugs of Hindostan reference to raise awareness about cybersecurity.
Tech Mahindra on Wednesday announced global partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to provide and develop technical security solutions for utility firms and critical infrastructure.
"With the emerging threat landscape, where organised cybercrime and cyber warfare are gaining prominence, the Department (of Information Technology) is working towards ensuring continuous protection against the changing contours of cybersecurity threat," as per the RBI's annual report.
Facebook removed Pages, groups and accounts that can be linked to sources the US government has previously identified as Russian military intelligence services.
Cybersecurity defenders face increasing threats from organisations in the form of bot-based credential abuse targeting the hospitality industry
Only one in eight focused cyber attacks are getting through versus one in three last year- Accenture.
More than 70 percent surveyed do not have anti-exploit technology, which means these businesses are easy prey for data breaches and complex threats like WannaCrypt.
In the joint presser, Netanyahu described Modi as a “revolutionary” leader.
The survey to find people's take on the cyber security mechanism to protect their data said that 20 per cent were "somewhat confident" while 23 per cent were "quite confident" about UIDAI being able to protect their Aadhaar details
Modi said cyber security issues should be dealt with immediately and should receive highest priority.
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