Mumbai: Over the last few years, inclination of citizens towards internet banking has increased and due to smartphones, there is an increase in cashless transactions. However, there has also been an increase in the number of cyber attacks and cyber fraud cases. Against this backdrop, there appears to be a rise in the demand for […]
New Delhi : Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju informed in Lok Sabha that more than 700 Central and State Government websites were hacked in last 4 years. Presently the fear of cyber security is worrying every nation. In past few years, there has been a remarkable increase in the instances of […]
Beijing : China has approved the controversial cyber security act, putting forth the reason of cyber attacks and terrorism. Having made difficult the entry for companies with foreign technology in China due to this new act, they have been imposed with restrictions upon information storage and security. Since this act has been imposed despite the expressed unhappiness of foreign companies […]
Moscow : Last week ‘FSB’, the intelligence agency of Russia, had issued a warning that the critical sectors of the country, including the banking sector, could face a cyber attack by foreign agencies. Following this, the Russian government has announced a new policy to combat cyber attacks. In case the need arises during a war […]
Moscow : Last month, the cyber attacks on the US and Europe, done with the help of ‘smart’ gadgets using ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT), had created quite a stir. Within three weeks after that, it has come to the fore that similar cyber attacks have been done in Russia also. These cyber attacks in Russia, have […]
E-Verify was originally established in 1997 as the Basic Pilot Program to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining employment illegally in the United States. In August 2007, DHS secretary Michael Chertoff and Commerce secretary Carlos Gutierrez announced several steps to expand employment eligibility verification. They started by requiring all federal contractors and vendors to use E-Verify. […]
Beijing: Chinese government, after imposing religious sanctions as well as compulsion for ‘DNA’ and ‘voice samples’ on the Uyghur tribe of Xinjiang province, now has passed a new law against them. Based on the anti-terrorism law passed in China last year, an independent law has now been approved for the Xinjiang region. According to the […]
Moscow : Amidst allegations of Russia being behind the cyber-attack on the computer systems of the Democratic Party in US, the Russian security service ‘FSB’ (Federal Security Service) is claiming that a huge cyber-attack was targeted on Russia as well. It is claimed that the cyber-attack was very well planned and executed. Against this backdrop, the statements made by […]
Bern/Rome/Bratislava: The spate of terror attacks in France and Germany has sparked furore through Europe. Although Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany stands firm by her resolve to welcome migrants, other nations have begun to resort to a more aggressive stance on the issue. The Slovak Prime Minister has pointed to a direct connection between migrants and […]
Paris (News Agency) – ‘IS’ has claimed the responsibility of the deadly terror attack which took toll of 84 people in Nice, a city in France. ‘IS’ said-Mohammed Bouhlel who carried out this attack to be their soldier. This attack is supposed to be in retaliation to the aerial attacks carried out by France on ‘IS’ sites in Iraq and Syria with […]