Around 35 per cent of National Health Service Trusts working across the UK are still running the age old Windows XP operating system, seven months after life support for the OS expired,…
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China to replace Windows OS on government computers with domestic OS
China is all set to begin replacing Windows operating systems on government computers with domestic operating systems, new report claims. According to Jinghua.cn, a Beijing-based newspaper controlled by the government publication, People’s…
Samsung devices get NSA approval for government use
Samsung on Tuesday announced some of its Galaxy mobile devices have received approval from the U.S. National Security Agency for use with classified US government networks and data. Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy…
Mark Zuckerberg, PM Narendra Modi discuss Digital India Initiative
Mark Zuckerberg on his first trip to India met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed the use of social media platform in checking terror activities alongside a lot of other issues. Zuckerberg…
UK wrongdoers remotely wiping data from seized devices under police custody: Report
Tablets and smartphones seized as evidence by UK Police agencies are being remotely wiped off by wrongdoers using new anti-theft softwares, new investigation claims. According to BBC report, forces in Dorset, Cleveland,…
UK Gov announces free online cyber-security training course for legal and accountancy professionals
The UK government, on Tuesday, announced a new online IT security training course for lawyers and accountants to train them on how to protect themselves and their clients against cyber attacks. The…
Twitter sues US government agencies over data request rules
Twitter on Tuesday announced it has sued the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation over restrictions imposed on disclosing government data requests. As per regulations imposed by the…
German Watchdog warns Google over user profiling
Hamburg’s commissioner for data protection: Google is ordered to take the necessary technical and organisational measures to guarantee that their users can decide on their own if and to what extend their data is used for profiling.
Instagram reportedly blocked in China
Some website monitoring services reported failure to access Instagram servers across China, including Beijing and Shenzhen.
FBI chief lashes out at Apple, Google over default cell-phone encryption
James Comey, the Director at Federal Bureau of Investigation, lashed out at Apple and Google over their default cell-phone encryption practice which, according to him, allows “people to place themselves beyond the…
Taiwan investigating Xiaomi over cyber-security concerns
The results of the investigation are expected to be made public as soon as the enquiry concludes after three months.
Butterfly Labs shut down by the FTC
Butterfly Labs, the company that failed to deliver Bitcoin mining machines as promised, has been shuttered by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after getting a temporary restraining order from a federal court….
Wikileaks releases FinFisher’s weaponized malware to help developers build defences
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Editor in Chief: FinFisher continues to operate brazenly from Germany selling weaponised surveillance malware to some of the most abusive regimes in the world. The Merkel government pretends to be concerned about privacy, but its actions speak otherwise.
Germany wants Google to cough up search algorithm secrets
Germany is urging Google to disclose details on how its search engine rankings really work. Germany’s Justice Minister Heiko Maas in an interview with the Financial Times said Google had to become…
Google says demand for data from governments up by 150%
The report is published semi-annually to maintain transparency of its operations pertaining to data.