Archives for cybercrime

04 Jul

Digital India Act Expectations & Concerns 

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The draft of the Digital India Bill is set to undergo public consultation this month.  The need for a new regulatory landscape arises from India’s digital revolution—which has rendered the current regulation outdated. The existing IT Act has limitations in terms of recognising electronic records, transactions, and electronic signatures. While the internet, devices, and information […]

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08 Jan

Why Banks & Financial Institutions Must Take Extra Cybersecurity Measures During Festive Season

Technological advancement in the past few decades has changed the way people live and how businesses operate all over the world. Everything in our life has become easier, faster and much more convenient. However, it’s impossible to ignore the flip side to such a scenario. Today, more crimes are being conducted via the internet and…

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25 Nov

10 Biggest Data Breaches That Made Headlines In 2020

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The pandemic has shaken the whole world, and the situation has left private as well as government organisations struggling to perform their regular operations. With the unpredictable COVID-19 situation, organisations and businesses are among the most affected sectors that have faced unimaginable decisions like layoffs, salary cuts and more.  The pandemic situation has pushed the…

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20 Feb

Why Malicious Hackers Love To Make A Cryptocurrency Called Monero

The main feature of Monero called Ring Signatures used in the network’s CryptoNote protocol mixes the spender’s input with a group of others. This makes it extremely difficult to create a connection between each subsequent transaction data.  In the last few years, the ransomware boom seemed to have slowed down. Over the past 24 months,…

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20 Feb

Why Malicious Hackers Love To Make A Cryptocurrency Called Monero

The main feature of Monero called Ring Signatures used in the network’s CryptoNote protocol mixes the spender’s input with a group of others. This makes it extremely difficult to create a connection between each subsequent transaction data.  In the last few years, the ransomware boom seemed to have slowed down. Over the past 24 months,…

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26 Dec

Flashback 2019: Top Cybersecurity News That Made Headlines

India is no stranger to cybersecurity threats and attacks. The steady growth of the Indian tech sector has led to the massive growth of digital data inventory. This data accumulation has, in turn, spurred frequent cyberattacks across the country. Companies across this sector have been launching new updates, innovating new technologies and propagating new changes…

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26 Dec

8 Most Notorious Cybersecurity Lawbreakers Of The Decade

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Every year we witness cybercrimes, discuss it with others, try to tweak the setting of our social accounts, and then forget about it. We hardly pay attention to the hackers who are basically the masterminds behind it. This is mostly because it’s challenging to track the culprit immediately, and in most cases, organisations fail to…

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19 Dec

Top 9 Jobs In Cybersecurity To Look Forward To In 2020

With the world moving towards digitisation, numerous cyber intrusions and crimes have been witnessed over the these few years. Right from the data breaches from large organisations to cyberattack on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, India has been witnessing a rise in cyber attacks. According to reports, India saw a 22% rise in attacks on…

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12 Aug

10 Popular Cybersecurity Presentations On Slideshare You Should Refer To

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Securing networks and protecting data from breaching has become one of the crucial motives in an organisation. Cybercrime has eventually risen with the widespread use of emerging technologies and we have been witnessing data breaches and other hacks since a few years now. In this article, we list down 10 popular presentations on cybersecurity one…

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