Pak hackers target LDRP Institute site

On Monday, those who visited the website of the LDRP Institute of Technology and Research,Gandhinagar, found its home page defaced by a Pakistan-based hacker group. The group had left the message, "party has just started".

It is one of the many instances of Indian institutions being targeted by Pakistani hackersover the past month. Cyber security experts said that a web page of an Ahmedabad-based university and the web page of an IIT were also hacked on Monday. But these pages were quickly repaired.

S K Mantrala, the registrar of Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya (KSV), told media on Tuesday that a complaint would be filed after Wednesday as Tuesday and Wednesday are public holidays. "We will gather required information about the incident and approach police," he said.

City-based cyber security experts said that after India's surgical strikes across the LOC, the incidents of organized cyber attacks from Pakistan have risen dramatically. Indian hacker groups are also retaliating by targeting websites of Pakistan government and institutions.

"The defacements are also about accessing unsecured database," said an expert. "As was seen in the recent Yahoo security breach, data today is worth millions of dollars. Thus, while recovering the site, focus should also be on securing data."

Sunny Vaghela, an Ahmedabad-based cyber security expert, said that theGovernment of India has already made it compulsory for websites and applications using public data for business or other purposes to undergo a security audit.

Airtel rolls out 4G services in 1800Mhz band in Bengaluru

The country's number one telecom service provider Airtel has rolled out 4G services in Bengaluru under 1800 MHz spectrum band using FD LTE technology. The company claims that this will provide superior mobile broadband experience and better network coverage to Airtel subscribers in the city.

Airtel launched its 4G Serviceon mobile in the city in February 2014 in the 2300 MHz band using TD LTE standard. With this launch Bengaluru becomes the first few cities to enjoy 4G network using TD and FD carriers.

The launch is a part of Airtel ongoing network transformation programme called Project Leap. As part of the programme, Airtel is offering immediate 4G sim changes and home delivery of sim cards within four hours. 4G data plans are available at the same tariffs as those of existing 3G plans.

Recently,Airtel reduced prepaid data tariffs on some of its pre-paid data recharge packs to offer up to 67% more data package to customers.

Under the revised data plans, the Rs 655 4G/3G monthly recharge pack will now offer 5GB data vs 3GB earlier, an increase of 67%. Similarly, the Rs 455 pack 4G/3G pack now offers 50% more data by increasing data limit to 3GB from 2GB. The Rs 989 4G/3G pack will now offer 10GB data vs 6.5GB offered earlier.

The 2G/3G/4G Sachet Packs also see major increase in data packs. The Rs 25 2G pack now offers 45% more data at 145 MB vs 100 MB earlier, while the Rs 145 4G/3G pack now offers 32% more pi data benefits at 580 MB vs 440 MB earlier. Even the Rs 5 one day 2G data pack benefits have been increased by 48% to 30 MB keeping in mind non-regular/first time users, particularly in rural markets

New Sessions Added To Google I/O 2016 Schedule

Google posted at least some of the events and sessions for developers to check out at the Google I/O trade conference already. It looks like the Big G wasn't quite finished ironing out the details, because several new sessions have been added to the official website as of today. Here are a few of them that are particularly relevant to Android:

• Android Pay everywhere: New developments
• Google Cast & Android TV: Building connected experiences for the home
• Beyond payments with Android Pay
• Office hours with the Android Pay Team 1, 2
• Office hours with the Google Apps team 1, 2
• Office hours with the Android Multi-Window team 1, 2
• Office hours with the Search & AMP team
• Android N Office Hours 1, 2
• Office hours with the Android Battery & Framework teams 1, 2
• Office hours with the Android Runtime & Tools team
• What’s new with Notifications in Android N
• What's new in Android security (M and N Version)
• Office hours with Android app performance teams
• What's new in Android Wear?
• What's new in Google Play for developers?
• Office hours with the Android Location & Context team
• Speechless@I/O

Some of the above office hours are doubled up on Day 3 as well. There are also a wide selection of "After Hours" events added to Day 2 (May 19th), which are essentially a combination of social mixers and fun demonstrations. One in particular, "After Hours: Phantogeist with AR gameplay and Project Tango," says that attendees will "use your Project Tango device as a special scanner to defend yourself and Earth from the creatures by zapping them." That might mean that Google I/O's giveaway hardware could include a Project Tango tablet this year... or it means that they'll be provided at the event, or that attendees will be expected to bring their own.