Wipro partners WEF for quantifying cyber risk

Last Updated: Monday, March 2, 2015, 14:19

Country's third largest software services firm Wipro has partnered with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to develop a cyber value-at-risk (VAR) framework that will allow organisations to assess threat landscape, the nature of assets needed protection and quality of defenses.

IT has changed the way the world looks at India: PM Modi

Last Updated: Sunday, March 1, 2015, 19:45

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Information Technology has revolutionised the way the world looks at India, adding that progress is incomplete without `information ways`.

SIM maker Gemalto confirms spy attacks likely

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 22:27

European SIM maker Gemalto said Wednesday it had suffered hacking attacks that were likely conducted by US and British intelligence agencies but denied any "massive theft" of encryption keys that could be used to spy on conversations.

Options traders bet on growing US demand for cyber security

Last Updated: Friday, February 20, 2015, 03:13

A barrage of damaging cyber attacks has shaken up the security industry, and traders in the options market are betting on cyber security companies benefiting from increased spending as governments and businesses boost security.

US creates new agency to lead cyberthreat tracking

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 05:23

Calling the destructive cyberattack on Sony Pictures "a game changer," a top White House official on Tuesday announced a new intelligence unit to coordinate analysis of cyberthreats, modeled on similar U.S. government efforts to fight terrorism.

Anthem warns US customers of email scam after data breach

Last Updated: Saturday, February 7, 2015, 06:48

The No. 2 U.S. health insurer said on Wednesday that hackers breached its computer system containing data on up to 80 million people.

Google splurged $1.5 million on bug finders in 2014

Last Updated: Saturday, January 31, 2015, 15:54

Google reportedly splurged a whopping 1.5 million dollars as awards to security researchers who pointed out flaws in its open-source programmes last year.

Investors robbed of $11 mn Bitcoins in four years: Study

Last Updated: Saturday, January 31, 2015, 13:45

Frauds such as online ponzi schemes have skimmed at least $11 million in Bitcoin deposits from unsuspecting cyber customers over the past four years, a study says.

US penetrated North Korean networks years ago: Report

Last Updated: Monday, January 19, 2015, 08:45

The US National Security Agency began tapping into North Korean computer networks in 2010, an effort that ultimately helped provide evidence to persuade the Obama administration that Pyongyang was behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures, the New York Times reported on Sunday.

1 billion posts deleted in year-long Internet cleanup in China

Last Updated: Saturday, January 17, 2015, 20:05

Almost one billion pornographic and harmful posts in 2014 have been self-inspected and deleted by Chinese websites in an Internet cleanup operation.

Cameron meets Obama, vows cyber security cooperation

Last Updated: Friday, January 16, 2015, 09:35

Cameron referenced the recent cyberattack allegedly launched by North Korea against Sony Pictures in a video posted just before the talks.

Obama calls for stronger, standardised online data protection

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 11:01

US President Barack Obama has said that he will introduce a new legislation to step up and standardise data protection on the Internet, for guarding the identity and privacy of Americans from commercial interests.