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'Significant' increase in cybercrime against women during lockdown: Experts

There has been a significant increase in cybercrime against women, especially sextortion, during the COVID-19-induced lockdown with "caged criminals" targeting them online, say experts.




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Take user privacy seriously, don't collect data without consent: Xiaomi

Xiaomi India Managing Director said that the company does not collect any user data that the user has not explicitly given permission or consent to. He added that in the browser's incognito mode, all user data is completely encrypted and anonymised. He also pointed out that all Mi Browser and Mi Cloud data of Indian users is stored locally in AWS servers in India.




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4 in 5 users removing private information from social media apps globally

The Internet consumers are becoming more aware of their personal data and 82 per cent users have tried to remove private information from websites or social media channels, according to a report by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.




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Zoom now adds security feature to avoid Zoombombing

The new features will allow admins to disable the use of a Personal Meeting ID (PMI) for scheduling or starting an instant meeting. As per the company, disabling the use of PMIs reduces that risk altogether and doesn’t leave PMI security up to individual users.




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Hackers disrupt virtual S.African parliament meeting with porn

Hackers on Thursday disrupted a virtual session of South Africa's parliament, posting pornographic images in the second such incident since the coronavirus outbreak.




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Hacking attacks on educational portal tripled in Q1 amid online learning

DDoS attacks during the first three months of this year have seen a significant spike in attacks on educational websites.




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Accenture forms alliance with Paxata to help clients build an intelligent enterprise

The alliance aims to help clients provide enterprise end users with exceptional data control across multiple data sources.




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Data-crunching investments by insurers rise 20% in 2019

The driving force is the challenges that are emerging due to substandard and unstructured data




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Want to secure your critical business data? Join the automation forces

Machines can protect systems in a way humans just can’t and, for that reason, advanced automation is going to be the way forward as companies look to protect their estates in a battle-ridden landscape.




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66% manufacturing firms pick big data as top investment priority: Study

Sixty-six per cent of manufacturing companies voted for big data, predictive analytics as their top investment priority in the next two years, followed by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and sensors, cloud/integrated platforms and robotic process automation, a new study revealed on Friday.




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A new approach to securing data in-use

Runtime data security assumes greater significance in the post Covid-19 world where ‘work from home’ has become the new normal and businesses rely on cloud computing more than ever.




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IT companies want government to release past dues to tide over coronavirus crisis

A Nasscom study said the central government, as well as several state governments and public sector undertakings, owed close to Rs 5,000 crore for just technology projects to the IT industry.




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Kerala gives 3-months moratorium to IT firms operating from state-run parks

The Kerala government on Monday decided to waive off rent for three months for all the IT/ITeS companies who have taken up to 10,000 square ft of space for operating in government-owned buildings.




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‘Google tax’ could draw reprisal, US cautions India

US also marked a slew of issues in India’s digital trade including those in the ecommerce policy.




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IT services companies to suspend hiring this year: Mohandas Pai

Pai said IT cos won't hire more and they will suspend recruitment, except honouring prior commitments.




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BSE puts in place penalty structure for non-submission of cyber security report

Brokers need to submit a quarterly report on incidence of cyber-attacks and threats.




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New FDI policy trigger concerns over investments from Taiwan

Some MNC banks may seek clarity from RBI; companies in a fix over Chinese inflow in the rights issue.




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Aarogya Setu app must for private sector workers

Privacy activists said a diverse group of organisations and individuals had endorsed a representation to the Prime Minister's Office and various central government ministries opposing the mandatory use of Aarogya Setu.




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Haryana to permit industry on weekly basis during lockdown

Sharing more details of the same, an official Spokesman said that as per the latest MHA Guidelines, activities in a region shall be allowed based on the risk profiling of the region/districts into Red (Hotspots), Orange, and Green zones. ​​In the Orange zone IT/ITES would be allowed to carry out their activities with staff strength of 50 percent.




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Apple brings hardware disconnect feature to iPads

Apple has finally rolled out its hardware disconnect feature to its iPad models for improved security.




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5G iPhones can still arrive on schedule: Foxconn

Taiwan-based electronics contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd or Foxconn has reportedly said that the production of the 5G iPhones is likely to start on schedule for the fall launch of the new handsets.




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Smartphone makers plan sops, aggressive prices to push sales

Organic growth will be difficult and consumers will only buy a phone out of necessity or maybe settle for a refurbished one depending on their spending ability




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Millions of mobile phones, thousands of appliances pile up for repairing amidst lockdown

There are more than 30,000 microwave ovens, AC and washing machines which needs repair at a time when Indians are locked indoors and doing household chores themselves due to the lockdown.




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Apple releases budget iPhone SE priced at $399 as coronavirus stalls economy

The updated iPhone SE will start at $399, or less than half the price of its leading flagship devices and be available as of Friday.




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Flipkart starts taking orders for mobile phones, expect deliveries from April 20

While the coronavirus lockdown is set to be lifted to May 3, you can now buy mobile phones on Flipkart.




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How Facebook’s Reliance deal upends a $1 trillion digital arena

Reliance and Facebook know a friction-less payments service is key to successful online commerce — but so are mom and pop shops. JioMart and WhatsApp’s embryonic Mumbai service is intended to first get Indians accustomed to messaged transactions with local businesses known as kirana: the tiny neighborhood stores where most Indians buy daily essentials.




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Covid-19 to bring India software market growth down to 4.1%

The decline in growth rate is likely because enterprises relook at their buying decisions owing to increased focus on profitability, said IDC's report.




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Technology services and its changing role during the Covid-19 era

Since ‘virtual’ is the new normal, get imaginative on how you work, how you stay in touch and use technology to make this unique experience also a memorable on.




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IIT-Madras startups develop PPEs from 3D printers and regular stationery materials

Initial batches have been supplied in Chennai, while some were in the process of being scaled up towards mass production for use in hospitals and clinics across the country.




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IMPS transactions fall by 43.51% in April as NPCI reports dismal counts for all platforms barring AePS

NPCI consecutively reported dismal figures for April 2020 for its UPI, IMPS, NETC and Bharat BillPay platforms – as AePS emerges as an outlier.




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Aarogya Setu app: Data safe, for limited period, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

The Aarogya Setu app, which was developed by the government to track those with the disease and alert people about their proximity, has given rise to fears of surveillance by the state as well as the security of the personal data that a user needs to fill in after downloading it.




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Digital rights group moves IT panel on data privacy in Aarogya Setu app

IIF urged that the hearing should specially involve medical health professionals, academics from IITs and digital rights and public policy experts to provide inputs.




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India tops Zoom downloads in April

Zoom was the most downloaded non-game app worldwide for April 2020 with close to 131 million installs, a 60x growth from April 2019




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Airtel in talks with automakers to drive connected car business in India

Bharti Airtel is doubling down on growing its Internet of Things (IoT) business in India and is now specifically targeting the country’s auto the sector to drive growth and partnerships.




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India sees most IoT attacks in April-June

The country saw a 22% jump in total number of attacks in the IoT segment during the quarter ended June, the report said.




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IoT may expose connected cars, smart healthcare systems to security risks: Analyst

Internet of Things (IoT) technology can expose connected cars and smart healthcare systems to a lot of security threats, research analyst Satyajit Sinha said on Tuesday while presenting a webinar for ETTelecom.




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Global IoT enterprise drone shipments to grow 50% in 2020: Report

Egham (UK)In 2020, worldwide shipments of Internet of Things (IoT) enterprise drones (defined as flying drones) will total 526,000 units, an increase of 50% from 2019, Gartner Inc. said on Thursday.




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IoT tech firm Singularity Automation raises Rs 8.5 crore funding

The company said it will utilise the capital to work with manufacturers to build IoT products for the consumer segment that can be plugged into its platform.




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Designing for the edge – The ‘smart’ in smart video security systems

AI-based recognition systems, and smart security video networks have led to a paradigm shift in the architecture of security video systems.




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Post lockdown prep: A manufacturing CIO’s message to vendors on IoT solutions

Maitrey Modha of CNH Industrial says IoT companies would need to come up with customized solutions based on each type of manufacturing process.




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Galvanizing the new age of IT with AI and hybrid cloud

With the emerging synergy between hybrid cloud and AI, we will witness tremendous innovation and business value in the enterprise IT world.




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Technologies that can enable a smooth remote working environment during Covid19

Thanks to the intervention of Cloud-based tech tools, professionals no longer need to visit their offices to engage in business transactions.




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Covid-19: Cloud native enterprises see an edge over competitors

While the cloud was seen as a good technology to adopt until some time ago, it has now become a must in order to navigate through these challenging times. Companies that are 100 percent on the cloud have been able to transition far more rapidly than others, making them more agile than their peers.




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Cloud solutions for tax compliance gaining popularity

​​The current lockdown has prompted even fence-sitters to begin using these tools, as they face constraints in accessing critical information that resides on systems in company premises




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Hybrid clouds span the edge of the universe

While workloads are increasingly moving from traditional to cloud data centers - both private and public, hybridization has allowed mission-critical workloads to stay on-premise. Multi-cloud adoption is also being driven by the evolution of new orchestration and management services that are helping to define and run cloud processes and create competitive solutions.




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Misconfiguration top cyber security risk on Cloud: Report

Misconfigurations are the primary cause of cyber security issues in the Cloud, according to a new report.




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Google may acquire enterprise cloud software firm D2iQ: Report

Google is reportedly in negotiation to acquire enterprise cloud software company D2iQ for over $250 million, the media reported.




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Value-driven Indian firms to sustain as pandemic impact to last till early 2021

As Indian firms realign their focus on revenue growth, they need to leverage customer and market behaviour to place their bets on long-term, sustainable growth, a new report said.




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Hackers disrupt virtual S.African parliament meeting with porn

Hackers on Thursday disrupted a virtual session of South Africa's parliament, posting pornographic images in the second such incident since the coronavirus outbreak.




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Digital rights group moves IT panel on data privacy in Aarogya Setu app

IIF urged that the hearing should specially involve medical health professionals, academics from IITs and digital rights and public policy experts to provide inputs.