Cybersecurity

Aviation industry sees 600% year on year increase in cyber attacks

Behind any physical turbulence in the skies, a silent cyber war is being waged on the aviation…

The Case of Exploding Pagers

Lessons to be learnt by security operators worldwide!This happened in Lebanon for an hour yesterday…

MeitY issues advisory on CCTV security, asks ministries to avoid suppliers with past breaches

The information technology (IT) ministry has advised government departments and ministries to avoid…

CBP rules bar airlines from using Biometric Exit data for advertising

Airlines using facial recognition as part of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agencys (CBPs) Biometric Exit program are…

San Francisco becomes first US city to ban Facial-Recognition Software

San Francisco has became the first city in the U.S. to ban the use of facial-recognition software by city agencies and the police…

Security study finds millions using 123456 as password

The analysis by the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) found 123456 was the most widely-used password on breached…

Why Americans fear smart home tech

A recent survey conducted by Salt Lake City-based security system reviewer ASecureLife.com asked hundreds of Americans how much…

Indian Railways first cyber crime cell to start in Pune

The first cyber cell of the Indian Railways will open in Pune within a month. The cell will look after cyber crime and fraud…

60% Indian firms worried about Internet Security

Nearly 60 per cent of organisations in India are concerned that the Internet is getting increasingly unstable from a…

Your Android phone can now double as a security key

Google has announced that any smartphone running Android 7.0 (Nougat) or later can now be used as a hardware security key for two…

Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019 Introduced

U.S. Senators Roy Blunt and Brian Schatz, members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, introduced…

Delhi train stations unsafe, says railway police in post-Pulwama audit

A security audit of Delhis 45 railway stations conducted by the Government Railway Police (GRP) after the Pulwama terror attack…

East Japan Railway introduces system to send security camera images directly to police in emergencies

East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, has said it will introduce a system that can send images directly and automatically to police…

Car alarms with security flaws put 3 million vehicles at risk of hijack

Two popular car alarm systems have fixed security vulnerabilities that allowed researchers to remotely track, hijack and take…

USAF merging intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance with cyber operations

The United States Air Force is merging its headquarters staffs to integrate intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance with…