In India, mobile usage is increasing rapidly because of the cheap handsets and cheaper call-rates provided by mobile service providers. Nowadays, Internet is also provided with low cost by mobile service providers in India. Mobile Internet has shown immense potential in India. According to a survey conducted by the Opera Software and On Device Research,… Read More »
The number of Internet users in India has been increasing these days. However, this does not mean the development. The deadly problems of cybercrime have also been rising with lack of proper security adoption polices. McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) revealed findings from a global report “In the Dark, Crucial… Read More »
Though there has been an increase in use of Internet among Indians, many of them are not aware of the cyber spams. Many computers are infected with these cyber spams controlled by specific compromised zombie computers. According to a British IT security firm, the Sophos, USA, India and Russia are the top three countries producing… Read More »
Internet security is important for the firms operating in financial services industry to protect their valuable data from the hackers. It protects the customer information including authentication. If the security controls are ineffective, a financial institution becomes liable for all unauthorized transactions and violated laws regarding client confidentiality. A survey, The State of Information Security… Read More »
According to the Internet world stats 2010, there are 10 crore Internet users in India. In 1998 there were only 25,000 Internet users and 0.1% penetration and in 2010 the penetration increased to 8.5%. However, according to a report from BCG, it is estimated that Indian Internet users will reach to 23.7 crores from the… Read More »
India has achieved tremendous growth in the use of cellular telephones, computers, smart phones, and social networks in the recent times. Along with it, the vulnerability to cybercrime is also increasing in the country. India is found to occupy the second place after the US in cybercrime activities. Symantec, in its Internet Security Threat report,… Read More »
Over 36,000 computers were used to spread malware across India in 2010, according to a report by the data security company Symantec. The report states that Mumbai contributed thirty-one percent to Bot infections. Pune accounted for one percent of Bot infected computers in the last year. A Bot or bot net is a compromised computer… Read More »