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Cyber Review - May 2023

National

AI Supercomputer ‘AIRAWAT’ puts Bharat among the top supercomputing leagues

Ranked 75th in the world, ‘AIRAWAT’— the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Supercomputer installed at C-DAC, Pune, was declared so in th....

June 14, 2023 India , US , Russia , Digital India , AADHAAR , Cybercrime , UK , Cyberspace , UIDAI , Bharat , VIF Cyber Review , Biometric , Norton

VIF Cyber Review: March 2023

NATIONAL

UIDAI and SETS collaborate to conduct R&D in deep technologies

The Society for Electronic Transactions and Security (SETS), part of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, and the Unique....

April 18, 2023 India , US , Australia , Digital India , Cybercrime , AI , UIDAI , IOT , Bharat , VIF Cyber Review , cyberattack , Hacktivism

Neighborhood News Digest – 17 April 2023

Bangladesh

Bangladesh: India opens its 16th Visa application centre in Kushtia – News On AIR

The High Commission of India opened its 16th Visa application centre in Kushtia town of Southwestern Bangladesh on Sunday. The inaugur....

April 17, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Sri Lanka , India-Nepal , Security , Pollution , Cybercrime , BRI , Tourism , Neighbourhood First , IMF , Journalism , India-Myanmar , Bangladesh-China , China-Myanmar , Bangladesh-India , Visa , New Year , Prisoners , Restructuring , National Government

VIF Cyber Review: February 2023

NATIONAL

“Firms should invest over 10 per cent of IT assets in cyber security”: NCSC Lt Gen Pant.

During his address at the 17th India Digital Summit on 20-21 February 2023, Bharat’s National Cyber Security Coordinator (NC....

March 27, 2023 Digital India , AADHAAR , Cybercrime , AI , UIDAI , VIF Cyber Review , Denmark , CAG , Machine Learning , ML , harat , India US , cyber-attack , Aritificial Intelligence , Albania

India should Make ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah’ as the Overarching Theme for its G20 Presidency

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

India will take over the presidency of the G20 from Indonesia in November 2022 for one year. This is a rare opportunity for India to shape G20 agenda and leave a mark. However, that will be a challenging task.

Disorder

The world is be....

August 08, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Climate Change , Article , Terrorism , Cybercrime , G20 , SDGs , health , Digital economy , Environment , unilateral sanctions

VIF Cyber Review: May 2022

NATIONAL

CERT-In issued advisory on Mobile-based Malware

On 30 May 2022, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued advisory on mobile-based malware, along with methods and countermeasures. With the advent of smartph....

June 10, 2022 India , China , Japan , Cybercrime , WhatsApp , Huawei , cybersecurity , VIF Cyber Review , MeitY , CERTIN

VIF Cyber Review: March 2022

NATIONAL

National Policy on Electronics 2019: India as a global hub for Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM)

On 30 March 2022, the National Policy on Electronics (NPE) 2019 was notified by the Ministry of Electroni....

April 07, 2022 Russia , Ukraine , Cybercrime , EU , Phishing , Facebook , cybersecurity , VIF Cyber Review , NPE2019 , MeitY , GDPR , CERTIN , Ireland

China: Daily Scan, January 6, 2022

Regulations refine duties of discipline inspection commissions, improving leadership system: Xinhuanet

January 5, 2022

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has released the first comprehensive set of regulations ....

January 06, 2022 Cybercrime , Tibet , China Daily Digest , EV , Property Tax , robot

Lockdown Scenario- A Golden Opportunity for Cyber Criminals

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

“Anyone who thinks that security products alone offer true security is settling for the illusion of security.”¹ - Kevin D Mitnick The emergence of Coronavirus (hereafter COVID-19) and its rapid spread has em....

May 08, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Cyber Security , Cybercrime , lockdown , COVID19 , Cyberspace , Cybercriminals , Ransomware , Phishing , Child Protection

Ethiopia Hosts the First African Forum on Cybercrime

Dr Neha Sinha Commentary

The African nations are facing the fastest growth rate in Internet penetration worldwide. The African Union has revealed that the digital connectivity in the continent has tripled in the last five years, and it is also expected that by 2020, nearly a....

November 02, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , African Forum 2018 , Cybercrime