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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday announced the commencement of 34 cyber laboratories in various parts of the state as part of the government’s efforts to crack down on cyber crime. “We have started 34 cyber laboratories today and a total of 51 such labs will be started across the state. This will ensure that we have an upper hand while tackling crimes,” PTI report published in Business Standard quoted him as saying. The CM was addressing people here on the 70th Independence Day. Commencing operations of cyber labs, that will...

In a bid to keep a check on child pornography and online trolling, the Home Ministry is contemplating to set up a cyber-control hub. The INR 400-crore state-of-the-art centre, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (IC4), is being set up to tackle all types of cyber crimes, including child pornography and online abuse. The work on IC4 has been going on. Once it is ready, it will deal with cyber crimes like child pornography and online trolling with priority,” PTI report published in Economic Times quoted a Home Ministry official as saying. Key...

The global endpoint security solution provider, Kaspersky is investing heavily in the resources to strengthen its enterprise business in India. The Russian anti-virus firm which already has a strong presence in the consumer space, is now building a enterprise partner network specialized in the security domain. “We have identified a set of partners who are specialized in the security space and have started partnering with them. We are offering our flagship products such as Kaspersky endpoint security for business and other solutions and services to enterprise customers in association with...

India ranks third after the US and China as a source of “malicious activity” on the internet, second as a source of “malicious code” and fourth and eight as a source or origin for web attacks and network attacks. According to the latest report National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), cyber crimes reported in India rose 19 times over the last 10 years (2005 to 2014), from 481 in 2005 to 9,622 in 2014. Arrests involving cyber crimes also rose nine times from 569 in 2005 to 5,752 in 2014, even...