Indian company blamed for global cyber attacks

A Norwegian cyber security firm has alleged that a sophisticated cyber attack infrastructure appears to originate from India, conducted by private actors with no evidence of state-sponsorship. Norman Shark, Norwegian firm, has also named an Indian company that is known to work with Indian military and intelligence as one of the possible...

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Murthy scandal: iGate staff gets social media code

On Tuesday, while many were still coming to terms with news of iGate sacking its chief Phaneesh Murthy, company officials were busy asking employees to cocoon themselves from the outside world, especially the media, in a bid to limit the damage.  iGate employees in India received an email from the company's communication team...

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Hackers find China is land of opportunity

Name a target anywhere in China, an official at a state-owned company boasted recently, and his crack staff will break into that person's computer, download the contents of the hard drive, record the keystrokes and monitor cellphone communications, too.  Pitches like that, from a salesman for Nanjing Xhunter Software, were not...

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Start and sell: India’s new Valley success stories

Abheek Anand is no ordinary product manager working out of Facebook's California headquarters. The 32-year-old, along with fellow IITian Sohan Majumdar, sold the mobile-based customer loyalty startup Tagtile, which they had jointly launched, to Facebook last year. Anand and Majumdar represent the new generation of tech entrepreneurs...

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Micromax launches data card

Micromax has launched MMX377G, a new data card offering a speed of 14.4 mbps. Micromax MMX377G data card can upload files at a speed of 5.76 mbps.  The plug-and play requires no prior installation for use. Speaking about the new product, Mr. Deepak Mehrotra, CEO Micromax said, "At Micromax we constantly strive to innovate...

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