SC orders comprehensive probe into Pegasus snooping rowThe verdict, penned by CJI N V Ramana, assumes significance since it declined the government's proposal to set up an inquiry on its own int...
27 Oct, 2021, 10.34 PM IST
'Trigger happy', half baked petitions based on newspaper reports need to be discouraged: SC"While we understand that the allegations made in these petitions pertain to matters about which ordinary citizens would not have informati...
27 Oct, 2021, 07.10 PM IST
Trinamool Congress and CPM hit out at BJPAbhishek Banerjee took to Twitter to attack Union home minister Amit Shah, by tweeting: “Two minutes of silence for the sore losers! Despit...
21 Jul, 2021, 07.28 AM IST
WhatsApp says alerted govt of spyware attack in September too; IT Min says past info was inadequateWhatsApp had said it is suing NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm, that is reportedly behind the technology that helped unnamed entitie...
03 Nov, 2019, 03.42 PM IST
Cyber notification needed for safety of installations: MHAIntelligence agencies patrol government websites on a daily basis, looking for cyberattacks and if they find any, an audit is carried out t...
22 Dec, 2018, 07.13 AM IST
US allowing snooping on Indians' communication; government concernedIndia has raised its concerns with the US over reported authorisation given to American entities to "intrude upon" the privacy of communica...
10 Dec, 2015, 06.40 PM IST
Here's how hackers are taking advantage of encryption to attack companiesWhile security experts have been advising companies to encrypt all their sensitive data, a study reveals that encryption could be doing jus...
16 Apr, 2015, 03.11 PM IST
Chinese-sponsored group snooping on India for a decade: ReportA suspected Chinese-govt sponsored group is understood to have snooped on inaccessible government computer networks in India for over a dec...
13 Apr, 2015, 07.14 PM IST
Pakistan cyber firm found accessing computers of Indian bureaucratsA senior Indian intelligence official confirmed Indian establishments were targets of cyber spying, but said the attackers could not be tra...
12 Mar, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
How Pak cyber firm sold 'salary hikes' for babus to steal govt infoA Pakistani cyber security firm with close ties to Islamabad has been found stealing information from Indian government and defence establi...
11 Mar, 2015, 10.47 AM IST
Indian officials see cyber threats from Wassenaar arrangementAn inter-ministerial panel has expressed apprehension about changes in the list of software items that a group of 41 nations can export .
19 Jun, 2014, 09.36 PM IST
Defence, CBI computers may be prone to spying from overseasAbout 3,000 Internet connections, including Defence Ministry, security agencies, CBI in Delhi, have been found to be compromised, probably ...
09 Mar, 2014, 12.32 PM IST
- Security in use of ICT of paramount importance: BRICS
India and four other BRICS nations have said that security in use of information and communication technologies is of paramount importance.
27 Sep, 2013, 06.22 PM IST
'Domestic internet communication should not leave Indian shores'Government may look at ways to ensure that email and other Internet-based messages "originating and terminating within the country" remains...
14 Aug, 2013, 08.20 PM IST
Stop playing ostrich on cyber snoopingTerror stalks the world, India in particular. Intercepting terrorist communications is one way to be forewarned and take preventive action.
04 Jul, 2013, 08.17 AM IST
India Inc should wake up to the cyber threatsGovt is readying a cyber security framework, a cyber security policy and a NCCC that will monitor metadata on traffic flows.
17 Jun, 2013, 04.26 AM IST
Snowden reveals fresh information on US spy programme targeting global internet traffic: ReportHong Kong has an extradition treaty with the US, although analysts say any attempts to bring Snowden to America may take months and could b...
12 Jun, 2013, 08.55 PM IST