Security of Cyberspace

Cyberspace has become all pervasive. Every facet of a modern life has elements of cyberspace embedded in it. Therefore securing the cyberspace has become a necessity, which can no more be wished away. This space collate the news and views affecting the security of our cyberspace.

18 November 2014

Beating cyber crime requires board leadership

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EYresearch recently revealed that while awareness of these cyber threats is growing, most leaders believe their organizations are underpr...

‘High risk’ cyber-crime is really a mixed bag of threats

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Lumping in alleged terrorist activity and major fraud with hamfisted phishing, Russian love goddesses and Nigerian princes serves to und...

Four 'volume crime hubs' target cyber-crime impacting the UK capital

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At Falcon's launch Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe issued a statement saying: "Falcon will see the Met have the best and, I b...
28 August 2013

China hit by 'biggest ever' cyber-attack

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.....The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack was said to have targeted servers responsible for sites with a ".cn" domain ...
11 July 2013

HP admits to backdoors in storage products

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Hewlett-Packard has agreed that there is an undocumented administrative account in its StoreVirtual products, and is promising a patch by 1...
04 July 2013

Rules under Section 69 Information Technology Act 2000

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NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27 th  October, 2009 G.S.R. 780 (E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (y) of sub-section ...
07 June 2013

Chinese hacked Obama, McCain campaigns, took internal documents, officials say

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By Michael Isikoff National investigative correspondent The U.S. secretly traced a massive cyberespionage operation against the 2008 pre...

Microsoft and FBI strike blow against $500m cyber crime ring

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Microsoft and the FBI say they have significantly disrupted a ring of botnets that has stolen $500 million in the last 18 months.  The Ci...
06 June 2013

Hackers to be denied US entry under House cyber security Bill

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.....C omputer hackers who target US agencies and companies on behalf of countries such as China and Russia would be denied entry into the ...
05 June 2013

Researchers prove that light, sound can activate mobile malware

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....Researchers have discovered a way to trigger and control malware on smartphones using sensory channels, like light, vibrations, music ...

Drupal breach compromises nearly one million accounts

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..... Hackers ransacked the servers of Drupal.org, an open source content management platform, to plunder the sensitive information of near...
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