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Cyberattacks are rising, but there is an ideal patch

In News Ransomwares have emerged as the most predominant of malicious cyberattacks worldwide.  More about the Cyberattacks Definition: Cyberattacks are unwelcome attempts to steal, expose, alter, disable or destroy information through unauthorized access to computer systems. Typically such forms of attacks to keep networks from functioning after encrypting data, are carried out by ransomware-seeking entities. […]

Section 69(A) of IT Act

In News Recently, The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued orders to block 138 online betting platforms and 94 money lending apps on an “urgent” and “emergency” basis. It is done under Section 69(A) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Rationale behind Blocking  The decision was based on a recommendation of the Ministry […]

Deepfakes Voice

In News A social media platform used speech synthesis to make deep fakes of celebrities.  These deep fake audios made racist, abusive, and violent comments. About Deepfakes: Deep fake is a type of Artificial Intelligence (AI) used to create convincing images, audio, and video hoaxes. Deepfakes use deep learning AI to replace the likeness of […]

Deep Fakes

In News AI-manipulated digital media can impact the lives of individuals as well as influence the public discourse. Present Scenario Disinformation and hoaxes are evolving exponentially and growing from mere annoying to warfare tactics. It is capable enough to increase social discord, increase polarisation, and in some cases, even influence the election outcome.  The disinformation […]

Strengthening Cybersecurity

Context The reported illegal offer for sale of the private data of some 30 million railway passengers is the latest incident highlighting the dangers of an insecure, yet digitally enabled economy.  About Earlier Incidents: This breach comes on the heels of a cyber-ransom attack targeting the county’s top medical institution (AIIMS).  Recent Concerns: India registers […]

Rising Cyber Attacks in India

In News Recently, the premier medical institute in the country, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi (AIIMS) was crippled by a major cyberattack. More about the news Most of its servers stopped working as also the eHospital network managed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).  AIIMS servers had the critical health data […]

Quantum Technology Revolution in India

In News  Recently ,there were reports that the Indian Army is developing cryptographic techniques to make its networks resistant to attacks by systems with quantum capabilities. About Quantum Technology  It is based on the principles of Quantum mechanics developed in the early 20th century to describe nature at the scale of atoms and elementary particles.  […]

Cybercrime on the rise

In News  There has been a steady spike in cases of cybercrime in India  in the last five years. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), from 12,317 cases of cybercrime in 2016, there were 50,035 cases registered in 2020.  Cyber Crime in India In India, cyber crime can be defined as unauthorised access […]

Cyber threat to Digital/Mobile banking

In News Recently, Global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky warns of an increase in cyberattacks on Android and iOS devices in the Asia Pacific region. About the recent survey  According to a 2020 Statista survey of five thousand odd households across 25 States in India, two-third respondents said they had a smartphone. Of these, half said they […]

Data Localisation

In News  The global politics of data is rapidly evolving as leading and emerging digital economies like the European Union (EU), the U.S,India, Indonesia, and South Africa strive to protect, monetise, and leverage data collected within their territories for domestic purposes.  Data localisation It means restricting the flow of data from one country to another. […]