Deepfakes

Deepfakes

Deepfakes #GS-03 Science and Technology, Cyber Security For Prelims Deepfakes Deepfakes are synthesised media that are either wholly generated or manipulated by Artificial Intelligence. They can include images, audio and video and are used to show real people saying and doing things they never did, […]

Voice Technology and Cyber-fraud

Voice Technology and Cyber-fraud

Leveraging voice technology to combat cyber-fraud #GS-03 Cyber Security For Mains The threat of Cyber-Fraud: As per Reserve Bank of India, an estimated ₹100 crore a day have been lost due to frauds in the country over the last seven years. In 2021-22, the number […]

End-to-end encryption

End-to-end encryption

End-to-end encryption #GS 03 Science and Technology, Cyber Security For Prelims End-to-end encryption: End-to-end encryption is a communication process that encrypts data being shared between two devices. It prevents third parties like cloud service providers, internet service providers (ISPs) and cybercriminals from accessing data while […]

Ransomware

Ransomware

Ransomware #GS-03 Cyber Security For Prelims What is Ransomware: Ransomware is malware that employs encryption to hold a victim’s information at ransom. It is used to encrypt important documents or files within a system (Crypto ransomware) or simply lock the original user out of the […]

National Automated Fingerprint Identification System

National Automated Fingerprint Identification System

National Automated Fingerprint Identification System Context: ·         Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) on Wednesday (August 17), at the two-day National Securities Strategies (NSS) Conference 2022 held in New Delhi. ·         According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, NAFIS, which […]

Civil services Current affairs - Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Virtual Private Network (VPN) 

Virtual Private Network (VPN)  Context: Recently, The Government of India has issued notices to virtual private network (VPN) service providers to adhere to the rues released by Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). What is VPN? Virtual Private Network, as the name suggests is an intermediary which […]

UPSC Current affairs - HANSA-NG

Cyber Armageddon

Cyber Armageddon   Context: Military and cyber experts fear that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict would lead to cyberattacks, resulting in a “cyber Armageddon” with serious consequences for civilians in Ukraine and Russia, as well as the rest of the world, due to a spillover effect. Following […]