Many of us have heard of Bitcoins for the first time when it surfaces in the news recently for being the only payment method to pay ransoms to WannaCry attackers. But, you will be surprised to know that Bitcoins can be used for a host of other things. In fact,[Read More…]
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After Wannacry, Chinese malware ‘Fireball’ is harming computers worldwide
Days after Computer malware Wannacry affected millions of computers worldwide, a fresh Chinese malware called Fireball, is harming over 250 million computers across the world. Check Point, a security firm came out with a warning and reckoned that Fireball comes out of Rafotech, which is a digital marketing agency based[Read More…]
With ‘Digital India’, we are riding a wounded tiger
India needs to put itself in high gear on the road to information sovereignty, or it may trail further behind in the race for dwindling global resources. I see a strange paradox in front of me. The world has never been this safe – the end of the Cold War[Read More…]
India is the third largest source of Wannacry infection, says cyber-security expert
As fear of being attacked by the ransomware, Wannacry, grips the global netizens, Newsd talks to Pukhraj Singh, a renowned cyber-security expert. He played an instrumental role in setting up the cyber-warfare operations centre of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), India’s technical intelligence agency. Singh also helped chart the course[Read More…]
WannaCry: No compromise in ATMs clarifies RBI
Soon after the invasion by ransomware WannaCry which threatened the global security, the Reserve Bank of India has denied that it has asked banks in the country to shut down ATMs despite multiple conflicting reports on the same. The central bank’s spokesperson clarified, “The RBI has not passed any circulars[Read More…]