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Facebook reports WhatsApp bug that could allow hackers to infect your phone via video file; update now
Tech2 News Staff •The bug has been patched in the latest versions of WhatsApp, and was reported to India's CERT-IN.
UN sets up panel to discuss the 'dark side' of technology including cyberwarfare
Ians •UN has set up a Panel on Digital Cooperation with people at the "frontiers of technology".
After Swiss defence department, Turla malware attacks a contractor's system in the foreign affairs
Tech2 News Staff •The federal chancellery said that ill-intentioned hackers used the Turla malware in the July attack against the servers of the defense department.
Centre finalising cybersecurity standards, to set guidelines amid rising threat of cyberattack and data breach
Ians •The government has highlighted the need for advanced cybersecurity solutions to thwart the plans of cyberattackers.
Amidst heightened tension in South China sea, China broadens cyber attacks on Vietnam: FireEye
•Vietnam denies allowing cyberespionage although it has also been accused by FireEye of carrying out attacks.
The National Cyber Security Coordinator visited JNPT to restore operations following cyber attack
Ians •National Cyber Security Coordinator Gulshan Rai on Thursday visited the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) a day after one of the terminals was hit by a global cyber attack
University of Michigan researcher uses game theory to craft cyberwarfare strategies
Tech2 News Staff •Robert Axelrod, a political scientists, has developed a new framework that can guide countries on the appropriate measures to retaliate cyber attacks.
Ministry of Home Affairs website not hacked, but is undergoing an audit due to a glitch, say officials
Fp Archives •The website's landing page was drawing a blank and the site, which is accessed by hundreds of visitors daily and contains non-sensitive documents of the ministry, central paramilitary forces, visa-related information and contact details of the ministry officials, itself had become inaccessible.
Agreement Seen Distant At London Cyber Conference
Fp Archives •Ministers, officials, tech executives, Internet activists and security experts will be taking some of the first steps down a very long road on cyber management in London next week.
DGCA losing critical aviation data due to an NIC server crash, brings forth our weak cybersecurity infrastructure
Nimish •The recent revelation that DGCA lost critical data about pilots in 2015 due to a server crash at the NIC brings to the again to the fore the weak cybersecurity infrastructure of India