New cyber security policy next month; to focus on ID theft, fraud

India’s new cyber security policy — which is likely to redefine various aspects of identity theft and financial fraud, and ways to prevent them — is in the final stages of deliberations and all...

Tyndall Air Base installing four-legged robots for security, a first for Department of Defense

Tyndall Air Force Base in the US is living up to its motto as "Base of the Future," with the integration of state-of-the-art, four-legged robots for security use — a first in the Department...

You will be dearly remembered Jayant ji!

It is with great sorrow that we share the sad news of the passing away of our senior colleague and beloved friend Mr Jayant Kumar, also the Associate Editor of SECURITY TODAY & SECURITY...

Integrated police operations centre launched in Cyberabad

Telangana State Police Public Safety Integrated Operations Centre, claimed to be India’s first and most integrated police operations centre with 15,000 CCTVs being monitored simultaneously, was inaugurated at the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate here. Inaugurated...

ISC West 2021 rescheduled again

Amid the recent global spike in COVID-19 infections, Reed Exhibitions on has announced that it has decided to reschedule next year’s in-person ISC West trade show. The event, which had originally been scheduled to...

BigBasket data of over 2 crore users leaked, now on sale in Dark Web

In a massive data breach, online grocery store BigBasket has allegedly leaked the data of 2 crore users on the dark web. According to cyber intelligence firm Cyble, BigBasket has leaked sensitive data such...

Nation-state hackers targeting Covid-19 vaccine makers: Microsoft

Software giant Microsoft says three "nation-state actors" from North Korea and Russia are launching cyberattacks against vaccine makers from a number of nations, including France, South Korea and the US. "Among the targets, the majority...

DHS launches new center for countering human trafficking

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf recently announced the opening of the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking, the government’s first-ever integrated law enforcement operations center directly supporting federal criminal investigations,...

Cyber crimes in India caused Rs 1.25 lakh crore loss in 2019: Official

Cyber crimes in India caused Rs 1.25 lakh crore loss in 2019 and cyber threats will continue to increase as the country starts developing smart cities and rolling out 5G network, among other initiatives,...

CISF personnel at airports to use palm-top devices to register prohibited items

Around 1,000 prohibited items are recovered daily by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel from passengers travelling from airports in Mumbai and other cities. So far, CISF personnel has been keeping a manual record of...