The past two years have seen a spurt in cybercrime in India. The number of active internet users is rapidly increasing in the country and along with that netizens are becoming more comfortable with various...

2011 has been a bad year as far as cyber security is concerned. Sony Corp. and Sony Entertainment websites were hacked earlier this year and user details and passwords of thousands of customers were leaked....

www. insidefacebook.com has revealed that India has the 3rd highest number of Facebook users in the world, and the Ministry of State for Information Technology has been asked to ensure “effective monitoring...

Thanks to the growth of Internet in the country, the activities which we carry out online are continuously on the rise. Among these activities are the exchange of goods or services, financial transactions...

There is no dearth of cyber crime cases in India. We reported this, this and this. Now the latest to make the headline is the big number of cyber crimes that were reported in the Indian state of Andhra...

Over the last few months the DoT and Home Ministry have been on a security overdrive.  Whether it is the BlackBerry Saga, strong signals to Google and Skype, intention to monitor VPN or looking to put...

The country’s apex investigation agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with National Association for Software and Services Company (NASSCOM) to establish...

Indian government is planning to develop its own Operating System. It is being termed as a futuristic computer Operating System. This project would be spearheaded by DRDO (Defense Research and Development...

Facebook has finally given in to the widespread demand of a move to tackle cyber bullying. Facebook will now help teenagers to fight cyber abuse and bullying by deploying a panic button on its sites....

Atlanta-based security vendor SecureWorks recently unveiled the results of a study on cyber securities of nations. In what is dubbed as the ‘World Cup’ of cyber security, they compiled a list...

Economic Times reports that a Windows vulnerability is making the rounds on the Internet under the disguise of a Windows critical Update. The Department of Information Technology (DIT) says that some...

The government is adding provisions in order to legalize the complete use of digital signatures. This will mean that people who will use fake signatures will be treated as criminals, the same as the hardcore...