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Businesses today need to urgently and proactively invest in it, Sivarama Krishnan, partner and leader Cyber Security, PwC India, said.

Hacking the election: security flaws need fixing, researchers say

A report with detailed findings from a July hacker conference which demonstrated how voting machines could be...

11 Oct 2017 11:20 AM IST

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg again rejected the idea that the social network affected the US presidential election. (Photo:AP)

Facebook says 10 million US users saw Russia-linked ads

The ads have sparked anger towards Facebook and, within the US, towards Russia since Facebook disclosed their existence...

3 Oct 2017 7:35 AM IST

Scientists found out that in general, the average age for first exposure to porn was 13 years four months with the youngest being five years and the oldest 26 (Photo: Pixabay)

Adult actress Cherie DeVille may run against Trump in 2020 elections

While DeVille has not officially filed, and says that she won't until she is convinced there is enough momentum to...

16 Nov 2017 4:32 PM IST

Elena Berkova, from Murmansk, in northwest Russia, who also stood for mayor of Sochi, poster a video on Instagram, talking about her plans. (Photo: facebook/ Elena Berkova)

Russian porn star to stand against Putin in upcoming elections

The woman vows to bring in the death penalty for sexual harassment in the wake of Weinstein scandal.

3 Nov 2017 1:13 PM IST

A book by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz says analysing Internet searches can tell us who people really are. (Photo: Pixabay)

Book explores secrets embedded in Internet searches

Internet searches have lots of information that is missed by the polls that can be helpful in understanding many...

24 Sept 2017 3:59 PM IST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the companys headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Facebook shuts accounts of marketing group in Brazil election

The newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo said RFA was the main network of support for Jair Bolsonaro on the internet.

23 Oct 2018 8:18 AM IST

Additional DGP Pallab Bhattacharya said that they have succeeded in identifying the Ulfa (I) rebel who was sending the extortion notices as WhatsApp message wa followed by a call which originated from Myanmar.

Facebook's WhatsApp flooded with fake news in Brazil election

Facebook has touted efforts to crack down on misinformation on its main platform ahead of the Oct. 28 presidential...

22 Oct 2018 7:39 AM IST

Noting that Al-Qaeda still maintains a presence in South Asia, the UN report said the terror group adapts to the local environment, trying to embed itself into local struggles and communities and is closely allied with the Taliban. (Representational Image | AFP)

Taliban vow to attack Afghan security forces during elections

Latest declaration comes just days before the parliamentary election, which is seen as a crucial dry run for next year's...

8 Oct 2018 3:00 PM IST

World is more divided than before though its not just because of social media. People were already divided; but all of this is getting exaggerated by social media.

Social media, tech firms use sites to urge US citizens to vote

The involvement of sites that appeal to younger users is encouraging to some democracy advocates.

3 Nov 2018 10:44 AM IST

Security is ensured by the unique property that quantum correlations can only be shared between the devices that created them, ensuring no hacker can learn the key.(credit : Pixabay)

Arizona election database targeted in 2016 by criminals, not Russia:...

US officials have repeatedly said publicly that at least 21 of the 50 states had experienced initial probing from...

9 April 2018 11:59 AM IST

Omar Abdullah Former J&K CM

Congress key to anti-BJP alliance, says Omar Abdullah

Hails Sonia's leadership, sounds hopeful of Opp. front for 2019.

29 July 2018 5:33 AM IST

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal at a press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

AAP finishes poll race behind NOTA, loses all seats in Haryana,...

The AAP had formed an alliance with the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) in Haryana for the Lok Sabha polls.

24 Oct 2019 9:35 PM IST