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Sunday, 29 January 2017

US Man Arrested In Hyderabad For Online Child Porn, Police Alerted By Interpol

 A 42-year-old American has been arrested in Hyderabad on suspicion of circulating child pornography on the internet, police said on Thursday, adding that they were investigating whether any of the victims had been trafficked. The man, working for a multinational law firm in Hyderabad since 2012, was arrested on Monday after police were alerted by Interpol to an IP address linked to online images and videos of children being sexually abused. Ukkalam Rama Mohan, the police superintendent in charge of fighting cyber crime in Telangana said...

5 Effective Home Remedies For Winter Skin Care

I personally love winters. The chilly season makes me feel fresh and alive. Cozy jumpers, boots, scarves, and what not! But, unfortunately, winter is the time when our skin does not like to cooperate with us. During these months, our skin tends to get dry, itchy, and dull due to lack of moisture. We usually look around for good cold creams and body butters to moisturize dry skin. In our search for the best solution, we often overlook things available at our home that can enhance our skin care routine. Here is a list of top 13 home remedies for...

Donald Trump defends ban on immigrants from Muslim countries

US President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his decision to issue executive orders temporarily barring refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries entering the US, by describing the world as being in 'a horrible mess.' Facing severe criticism for his decision - both within the US as well as elsewhere - Trump took to Twitter once again to justify barring refugees from Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen for a period of 120 days. The ban on refugees from Syria is indefinite. "Our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting," he wrote...

US judge allows travellers who landed with visas to stay

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York issued an emergency stay on Saturday that temporarily blocks the US government from sending people out of the country after they have landed at a US airport with valid visas. The American Civil Liberties Union estimates the stay will affect 100 to 200 people detained at US airports or in transit, but government lawyers could not confirm that number. The ruling by Judge Ann Donnelly of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York came during a hearing called after President...

ONGC to invest $5.1 bn for developing oil finds off AP coasta

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Friday signed an MoU with Andhra Pradesh government for investing $5.07 billion in developing oil and gas finds off the state's coast by 2019-20. ONGC will invest $5.07 billion in bringing to production 10 oil and gas discoveries in the Bay of Bengal block KG-DWN-98/2 (KG-D5), which sits next to Reliance Industries' flagging KG-D6 fields. First gas production is envisaged by June 2019 and oil would start flowing from March 2020. Gas from the offshore field will be brought via sub-sea pipeline to...

How to secure a smartphone for the tweeter-in-chief

As President Donald Trump takes office, he has also taken up a new, digital symbol of the presidency. Before, during and since the campaign, he used an Android smartphone to conduct his business and tweet prolifically, directly reaching millions of followers. But when he was inaugurated, Trump surrendered that device and accepted in its place a smartphone that has somehow been made more secure. It is a key move for a man who might now be not only the 45th commander-in-chief but also America’s first president with such devotion to Twitter. Many...

Sunday, 22 January 2017

US Pushes Cybersecurity Acquisition Tools as Contracts Flow

Vendors of cyber security offerings are finding that the U.S. government is serious about improving the protection of federal IT assets. A steady stream of data protection contracts has been flowing to providers, including some notable high-value transactions during the last half of 2016. One example is a Department of Homeland Security contract, with a potential value of US$395 million, for various cyber security protection services designed to prevent, detect, contain and eradicate cyber threats. While DHS went through the process of selecting...

Microsoft Hardens Latest Windows Version Against Hackers

Microsoft has fortified the latest version of Windows to make it more secure than previous editions, but the strongest protections will be available only to those willing to pay a steep price for them. Windows 10 Anniversary Update has introduced many mitigation techniques in core Windows components and the Microsoft Edge browser, helping protect customers from entire classes of exploits for very recent and even undisclosed vulnerabilities, Matt Oh and Elia Florio of Microsoft's Windows Defender ATP Research Team wrote in an online post last...

Will Trump end globalisation? The doubt haunts Davos' elite

It’s been impossible to escape the shadow of Donald Trump at this year’s gathering of the business elites at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos. Uncertainty over what Mr. Trump will do once he takes office Friday and whether his presidency will mark the end of globalization dominated discussions all week at this event, which more than any has become synonymous with international business. Sure, lofty ambitions were discussed,...