‘GoDaddy’ has recently made it public that they have identified a cyber-security incident in their systems. In a filing submitted at the SEC, the popular Webhosting service revealed that an unauthorised actor gained access to several kinds of data held by the GoDaddy servers, on 17th November 2020, of several active and inactive users of …
Shrey Madaan Research Associate, Cyber Peace Foundation The act of spying is so closely related to the human nature of greed, personal benefits and even political interest. It is an internationally debated issue whether to believe it is equivalent to military warfare or not. However, the issue has not been completely settled yet. But we …
Green Computing: An Overview The Application of ‘Green Computing’ refers to the adoption of a sustainable business landscape in designing, manufacture, use and disposal of various resources related to Information Technology (IT). Green computing is essentially an environmentally friendly use of IT technology to lessen the burden on the planet. Practice’s promoting green computing include …
There is a security epidemic! Why? Because of a lack of encryption. Plaintext passwords are not only highly vulnerable to password hacks, but they also open the door for other cybercrimes such as data breaches. Studies have shown that most people tend to use passwords that are simple and easily guessable. Unfortunately, this increases the …
Ransomware attacks are on a global increase. It is a particularly nasty computer malware that encrypts your important files and renders them inaccessible unless you pay a ransom to the hacker for the key to decrypt the files. It attacks the master boot record and blocks victims from accessing their operating system. The malware typically …
Technology is on the cusp of revolutionizing some of the most fundamental parts of everyday life. After all, the world began with barter and then proceeded to cash and checks before we got to this exciting concept known as cryptocurrency. And it seems that almost every week we hear about a new digital currency hitting …
With a growing global presence, social media platforms are under immense pressure to comply with local laws. Failure to do so could attract liabilities from lawsuits, fines and even imprisonment of companies or individuals associated with the platform in the respective country. The recent flip-flop about granting intermediary status to Twitter by the Indian government …
Android was notoriously famous for potentially being open to various malwares and viruses due to its inherent nature of being open source and allowing to install applications from external sources i.e. which are often not verified by the google play store. However, on certain instances the malwares have been known to creep in through various …
An analysis of controversy around the offences, under POCSO, IPC and IT Act, made out in ‘Bois Locker Room’ incident. Introduction ‘Bois Locker Room’, an Instagram group which shook everyone’s conscience to their cores, the group which held up a mirror to our faces and made us face the sad reality we live have built …
On March 19th 2021, Air India released a press report that their Passenger Service System, SITA PSS( a multinational information technology company providing IT and telecommunication services to the air transport industry), have fallen victim to a sophisticated cyber-attack. Further news reports also revealed that Air India wasn’t the only Passenger Airlines that was affected …
