Gmail, Yahoo make phone number mandatory for new email ids
World's most popular free email providers Gmail and Yahoo have made telephone number mandatory for creation of new email addresses…
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Better password security: 7 ways to fortify them
Rarely does a week go by without news of another hacking incident. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that a Russian crime…
Facebook buys cybersecurity startup PrivateCore
Facebook announced today it was buying California-based cybersecurity startup PrivateCore, in a move to boost defences of its vast…
eGovWatch: Karnataka govt partners Snapdeal to promote SMEs
Karnataka Government has partnered with online marketplace Snapdeal and is in the process of doing it with Amazon also to set up a…
Google says will reward secure websites with better search ranking
Google Inc said it is encouraging website developers to make their sites secure for visitors by using site encryption as one of…
UK financial watchdog proposes rules for social media adverts
Companies are failing to include risk warnings in financial promotions sent to millions of customers on social media like Twitter,…
Russian hackers steal 1.2B passwords
Russian hackers have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of Internet heists affecting 420,000 websites,…
Samsung, Apple agree to drop lawsuits outside US
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc agreed to scale down their international legal war and withdraw patent lawsuits outside…
Digital Life: Secure your phone without passcodes
Passcodes are outdated. They're a pain to use, and they aren't secure when they are based on easy-to-guess digits, such as a birth…
Hacker claims passenger jets at the risk of cyber attacks
Cybersecurity researcher Ruben Santamarta says he has figured out how to hack the satellite communications equipment on passenger…