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Aadhaar Card: One Identity, Multiple Disorders
by Prasad Krishna published May 26, 2017 — filed under: , ,
It is still hazy to see the desperation of the union government to imposing the Aadhaar Card mandatory when matters related to Aadhaar Card are already sub judice.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Comments from the Centre for Internet and Society on Renewal of .NET Registry Agreement
by Vidushi Marda published May 31, 2017 last modified Jun 06, 2017 01:35 PM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is grateful for the opportunity to comment on the proposed renewal of the .NET Registry Agreement.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Stockholm Internet Forum 2017
by Prasad Krishna published May 31, 2017 last modified Jun 06, 2017 01:43 PM — filed under: , ,
Elonnai Hickok participated in the Stockholm Internet Forum 2017 held in Stockholm from May 15 to 18, 2017. She spoke on the panel "Private sector and civil society collaboration to advance freedom online". The event was organized by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
T20 Germany and Beyond: Digital Economy
by Prasad Krishna published May 31, 2017 last modified Jun 06, 2017 03:25 PM — filed under: ,
Elonnai Hickok participated in a round-table discussion organized by GIZ and EPF in Berlin from May 29 to 30, 2017.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Centre brings in new safeguards following cases of Aadhaar data leaks on government websites
by Prasad Krishna published Jun 06, 2017 — filed under: , ,
The Centre has put in new safeguards following a number of cases of Aadhaar data leaks on government websites. All ministries are being asked to encrypt all Aadhaar data and personal financial details. Also, officials are being "sensitised" about legal consequences of data breach. And every government department is to now have one official responsible for Aadhaar data protection.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Open house on information breaches
by Prasad Krishna published May 26, 2017 last modified Jun 07, 2017 12:41 AM — filed under: ,
On May 26, 2017 at the Has Geek open house participants discussed the state of information security in India the legal and regulatory measures that companies must comply with, and consumers should be aware of. Udbhav Tiwari was a speaker at the event organized by Has Geek in Bengaluru.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Microsoft says WannaCry ransomware must be a wake-up call for governments
by Prasad Krishna published May 20, 2017 last modified Jun 07, 2017 12:55 AM — filed under: ,
Computer security experts said the current attack could have been much worse but for the quick action of a young researcher in Britain who discovered a vulnerability in the ransomware itself, known as WanaCryptor 2.0. It has, however, retweeted a blog post by Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft, who directs much of the blame toward the USA government, arguing that it should have alerted the $524 billion tech titan about the problem.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Developer releases WannaCry key-recovery tool for Windows XP
by Prasad Krishna published May 20, 2017 last modified Jun 07, 2017 01:02 AM — filed under:
However, a cyber security expert working with the Centre for Internet and Society, Udbhav Tiwari working on vulnerabilities such as these, said as most ATMs in the country especially of the public-sector banks run on outdated operating systems, or are not updated regularly, they can be easily compromised. Unfortunately, however, a new variant of the program is already in the wild.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Chinese state media says U.S. should take some blame for cyber attack
by Prasad Krishna published May 21, 2017 last modified Jun 07, 2017 01:12 AM — filed under: ,
"WannaCry is far and away the most severe malware attack so far in 2017, and the spread of this troubling ransomware is far from over". Since the global attack was launched on Friday, several thousand more computers were discovered to be infected, particularly in Asia as the work day began on Monday. "We've seen that the slowdown of the infection rate over Friday night, after a temporary fix around it, has now been overcome by a second variation the criminals have released".
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Noida cyber cell gives tips on preventing WannaCry attack
by Prasad Krishna published May 20, 2017 last modified Jun 07, 2017 01:18 AM — filed under: ,
The attackers targeted a weakness found in older versions of Microsoft Windows.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media