Bengaluru: Around five million people globally have had their data stolen and sold on the bot market till date, of which 600,000 are from India, making it the worst affected country. Bot markets are used by hackers to sell stolen data from victims' devices with bot
Washington: Indian journalist Rana Ayyub, an outspoken critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s anti-Muslim policies received the prestigious John Aubuchon award conferred on her by the National Press Club of Washington DC. Ms Ayyub, a columnist with the Washington Post, has been facing harassment and threats
Washington: The United States placed Pakistan on a list of countries that “engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom” during 2022. “Around the world, governments and non-state actors harass, threaten, jail, and even kill individuals on account of their beliefs,” said Secretary of
Washington: The Biden administration signed off on two new significant arms sales to Taiwan in approvals that are sure to rankle China. The State Department said it had okayed sales worth more than $425 million of spare aircraft parts to support Taiwan’s fleet of F-16 fighters,
Montreal: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed multinational corporations for turning the world’s ecosystems into "playthings of profit" and warned failure to correct course would lead to catastrophic results. "With our bottomless appetite for unchecked and unequal economic growth, humanity has become a weapon of
Goma: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has said 272 civilians were killed in a massacre in the eastern town of Kishishe during last week. The new death toll was announced by Industry Minister Julien Paluku, who spoke at a press briefing with government spokesperson
Kyiv: Russia will intensify its cyber efforts to pressure the sources of Ukraine’s military and political support, both domestic and foreign. In a post on the company’s “On the Issues” blog, Mr Clint Watts, general manager of Microsoft’s digital threat analysis centre, urged customers to prepare
New Delhi: Lightning kills 907 in India saw a big jump in extreme weather events such as heatwaves and lightning strikes this year and related deaths rose to their highest in three years, government data showed , with scientists blaming climate change for the heavy
New York: Trump Organisation found guilty, Former United States President Donald Trump's real estate company was convicted of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities. Trump Organisation found guilty, The Trump Organisation - which operates hotels, golf courses, and other real estate around
New Delhi: Communist Party of India CPI(M) leader questions credibility leader and party general secretary Sitaram Yechury sparked controversy by questioning the credibility of the 'One-Earth-One-Family’ theme of India’s G20 presidency, claiming that the “alarming” levels of communal polarisation “destroy the foundations” of the declaration announced