Do not click on any pop-ups, links in messages or notification balloons if you are off the corporate VPN, warns Niranjankumar Laxman Upadhye.
The total cost of internet shutdowns across the world stood at $8.05 billion in 2019, an increase of 235 per cent since 2015-16.
Company cites copyright issues but users irked by crackdown on VPNs
The Delhi police stated Thakur had deleted the contents of his laptop, and his laptop and phones along with those of Niraj Bishnoi, the creator of the 'Bulli Bai' app and arrested earlier by the Delhi police from Assam, have been sent to the National Forensic Science Lab to ascertain their contents and access details.
The government's poor handling of the economic crisis where people currently endure long hours of power outages and scarcity of essentials has angered the public which planned country-wide protests on Sunday.
Police said that Bishnoi was in touch with the alleged creator of the 'Sulli Deals' app.
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Ppolitical experts in Colombo said the ministers came under intense pressure from the public over the government's alleged "mishandling" of the economic crisis, triggered by the shortage in the foreign exchange reserve.
'First they will say Kashmiris are not good enough to be Indians, then it will be Muslims are not good enough to be Indians, then they will start a conflict within Hindus that Dalits are not Indians'
The recent action comes amid the ongoing tension between India and China after the violent standoff on June 15 in Galwan Valley area in eastern Ladakh in which both sides suffered casualties.
Korean handset maker Samsung on Wednesday said its galaxy range of devices based on KNOX platform have been approved by the US government to handle the full range of classified information.
With companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook having their offices world over, science and engineering professionals working in data centres are key assets for a country's economic stability and security. Focused programmes and adequate attention to traditional educational programmes will help build a pool of skilled people.
Confident that a cyber attack won't affect you? Think again, says Nandakishore Harikumar.
After Research In Motion (owners of BlackBerry), the home ministry will now turn the screws on Microsoft, Google, IBM and Oracle. These companies provide technology and services for the virtual private networks (VPNs) run by various operators in India. The government will ask them to conform to regulation that allows intelligence agencies to lawfully intercept data. Failure to do so could result in the termination of VPN services by operators using their technology.
Maintain a safe distance from people who are reluctant to share their real names or photos with you, advises Ravi Mittal, founder, Quack Quack, an online dating app.
Deputy US Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen on Wednesday announced that three indictments have been unsealed in the matter that collectively charge five Chinese nationals with computer hacking and charge two Malaysian nationals with helping some of those hackers target victims and sell the fruits of their crime.
Among other segments, home broadband subscriptions have picked up and the virtual private network service, too, increased by around 15 per cent.
Tata Communications said it has signed a partnership agreement with TE Data SAE for expanding its global VPN services to Egypt. TE Data SAE is a subsidiary of Telecom Egypt and is a leading P-based data communications carrier. Both the companies have interconnected their respective infrastructures, thus setting up multiple, network-to-network interconnection (NNI) points that would connect Tata Communications' European & Indian network hubs with TE Data's facilities in Egypt.
The banned apps include Baidu, Baidu Express Edition, Tencent Watchlist, FaceU, WeChat Reading and Tencent Weiyun, besides PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite, according to an official statement.
Public sector telecom firms are gearing up to focus on customer care to match their private sector rivals with the Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd inviting tenders for running helpdesk for its internet and broadband services in Delhi and Mumbai.
In a jolt to Internet service providers, telecom tribunal TDSAT on Tuesday upheld the government decision that virtual private network offered by them was not part of their ISP licence
In a bonanza to its landline subscribers in urban areas, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has reduced the registration charges for new connections in urban areas from Rs 2000 to Rs 500.
The security software market in India is likely to grow to Rs 481 crore (Rs 4.81 billion) by 2008 from Rs 105 crore (Rs 1.05 billion) in 2003, higher than the industry growth rate of 36 per cent, according to IDC India.
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The exponential number of downloads can be attributed to a call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking people to have the app on their mobiles, combined with the government's push for downloading of the app through other channels, reports Neha Alawadhi.
Railway passengers would soon have access to movies, television content, music videos and audio tracks as RailTel and media group Eros International have come together for providing entertainment services to travellers.
There has been an exponential increase in the use of technology to validate financial numbers, with a greater reliance on electronic evidence, use of live videos where possible, data analytics, and project management software to overcome the physical limitations in verifying transactions and accounts.
The government is also trying to curb child abuse and pornography and such platforms act as catalysts in these cases.
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Unclassified White House computer networks were breached by hackers recently resulting in temporary disruptions to some services with the Russian government thought to be behind the intrusion, according to a media report.
'Our liquidity is strong for the next 15-20 days.' 'But if the situation worsens drastically, then we will have to think about laying off people.'
It already works with Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, online shopping giant Alibaba Group , white goods producer Qingdao Haier and flag carrier Air China to target customers abroad.
Here are six ways your online account can be hacked into, and some simple yet effective ways to protect your Internet avatar.
No country has achieved a faster, deeper modern transformation than China, says former ambassador Kishan S Rana.
'What adult citizens do in the privacy of their home, what they eat or drink or watch, is not the government's concern.'
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