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Israel's NSO considering sale or shutdown of Pegasus unit: Report

Talks have been held with several investment funds about moves that include a refinancing or outright sale, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the discussions are private.

Need tighter regulations to deal with cybercrimes: IT minister in Lok Sabha

There is a need for tighter regulations to deal with cybercrimes, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. Replying to questions in Lok Sabha, Vaishnaw underlined the need to have "a lot of discussions and a broader consensus" on bringing "stricter norms" for over-the-top (OTT) platforms to check the telecast of movies and serials that create disharmony among various communities and religions. "This subject of cybercrimes, the way it is affecting our children, actually there is a need to have a consensus for making much tighter regulation. There is no doubt about it," the minister said during the Question Hour. "(Whenever) we make cyber laws tighter by even a little bit and try to implement it, all of our members start shouting that democracy is being throttled and people's right to freedom is being taken away," added. Raising the issue of cybercrimes and children becoming victim of cyber bullying, Congress member Hibi Eden had .

Microsoft aims to skill 100,000 Indians in cybersecurity by 2022

The company said that the programme is designed to give learners hands-on experience in the fundamentals of security, compliance and identity

Cybersecurity start-up CloudSEK raises Rs 50 crore in Series A funding

The round will be used to speed up CloudSEK's sales and marketing across Asia-Pacific, West Asia, and North America. The firm will also ramp up its R&D to combat sophisticated global threats

Disrupted Chinese hacking group targeting organisations globally: Microsoft

Microsoft has disrupted a China-based hacking group that targeted organizations in the US and 28 other countries around the world

EU ministers approve cybersecurity measures, including new directive

The EU's Telecommunications Ministers approved measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the bloc, including a new directive

Crucial to define norms of internet governance, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that the Internet is the most important part of economy and society

79% of cybersecurity incidents in 18 months fueled by crypto: Report

Fueled by cryptocurrencies, ransomware was involved in 79 per cent of the global cybersecurity incidents in the last 18 months of pandemic, a new report said

Position India as market leader in cybersecurity, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

The magnitude of digitisation across sectors, including banking, has necessitated a sharper focus on cybersecurity, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday

Iran's president says cyberattack meant to create 'disorder'

Tuesday's cyberattack came in the same month in the Persian calendar as the gasoline protests in 2019.

Global cyber attacks surge 47% year-on year in H1 of CY2021: Trend Micro

In India, Trend Micro blocked 111,028 email spam, malicious URLs and malware

Supreme Court to pronounce order judgment in Pegasus spyware case today

The apex court on September 13 had said it will pass an interim order in two-three days on pleas seeking an independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping row

Iran says cyberattack causes widespread disruption at gas stations

Iran says it is on high alert for online assaults

Russian SolarWinds hackers step up attacks on US tech companies

Microsoft says group targeted over 150 American and foreign organisations using USAid account

Multi-cloud is here to stay, it's for us to simplify it: VMware global CEO

In a Q&A over Zoom, Raghu Raghuram talks about his company's business propositions, and its plans post its spin off from Dell later this year

India 6th most affected country by ransomware, says Google

Israel was far and away an outlier, with the highest number of submissions and nearly a 600 per cent increase in the number of submissions compared to its baseline.

International cooperation key to deal with ransomware ecosystem: US

International cooperation is key to deal with the challenge of ransomware, a top US official said on Wednesday

Instasafe eyes expansion in Middle East, Europe for cybersecurity solution

Cybersecurity solutions provider InstaSafe Technologies is looking to expand its presence in the Middle East and Europe, a top company official said.

Govt releases guidelines for cybersecurity in power sector

The government on Thursday announced the release of guidelines for cybersecurity in the power sector for the first time, to create a secure cyber ecosystem. Under the direction of Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has prepared the guidelines for cybersecurity in the power sector and it was released on Thursday, the power ministry said in a statement. The CEA under the provision of Section 3(10) on cybersecurity in the 'Central Electricity Authority (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019' has framed the guidelines on cybersecurity in the power sector to be adhered to by all power sector utilities to create a secure cyber ecosystem. The ministry said this is the first time that comprehensive guidelines have been formulated on cybersecurity in the power sector. The guidelines lay down actions required to raise the level of cybersecurity preparedness for the power sector. The ...

Cybercrime pendency rose in two-thirds of states in 2020: NCRB data

Chargesheeting, which indicates the rate of disposal of crime cases by the police, declined in nearly half the states when compared to 2019