June 30th, 2018Middle East country Israel is partnering with several countries including India to develop state-level cyber shields via its nodal agency Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD).
According to Yigal Unna, director general, INCD, Isreal garners 20% of the total global private investments in cybersecurity and is now looking to...
December 1st, 2017Earlier this week, Indian government as per some reliable inputs has found that these 43 Android and iOS apps developed by Chinese developers are reportedly either "spyware or other malicious ware."
A country wide advisory has been sent to all field formations of the Army and paramilitary forces warning of a cyber attack through...
November 29th, 2017The founder of Moscow-based anti-virus software company Kaspersky Lab said on Tuesday he would quit Russia if its intelligence agencies ever asked his company to spy for it.
CEO Eugene Kaspersky said accusations his software had been used by Russian spies to steal American secrets had caused the company’s revenue to decline in North...
September 7th, 2017New Delhi: At least 80 high-end Google Pixel “customised” phones with Reliance Jio SIMs have been given to top bureaucrats on a “trial” basis to ensure secure communication among them, according to a person in the IT ministry.
The home ministry had drawn up a list of 100 officials from multiple ministries for the purpose, and...
May 9th, 2017Cyber security start-up Sequretek today said it has raised funding from GVFL and Unicorn India Ventures.
While the company did not disclose the size of the funding, sources said Sequretek has raised under USD 2 million in fresh funding in the series A.
The Mumbai-based company plans to use the funds for further building on...
September 1st, 2016Cyber security service provider Lucideus Tech has received angel funding from Amit Choudhary, director of Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors. The start-up, which was incubated by IIT-Bombay, has previously received funding from Anand Chandrasekaran (former Snapdeal chief product officer) and Flipkart chief financial officer Sanjay...
May 31st, 2016Vahanalytics, a tech-driven startup aimed at making Indian roads safer and better has raised USD 200, 000 through Venture Catalysts, India's first Seed Investment and Innovation Platform.
The investment was led by prominent VCats angels Vikram Lakhotia and Anirudh Damani. With driverless smart cars increasingly being explored as a...
May 21st, 2016On last day of his maiden trip to India, Apple CEO met PM Modi on Saturday. Showing interest in making Apple products in India, the global technology giants chief Tim Cook discussed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the "possibilities of manufacturing" and tapping the young talent pool in the country.
On his maiden visit to India, the...
December 29th, 2015At his age, boys are just stepping into the fantasy world of Hogwarts and beginning to identify with the Wimpy Kid, but Reuben Paul has his eyes on the rain the green code rain of The Matrix. The third-grader is already an accomplished hacker, app developer, cybersecurity expert, and, not surprisingly, CEO of a game development firm,...
