Narinder Purba

Narinder Purba

Senior Editor for English


Education: Degree in history, postgraduate diploma in journalism and a PGCE PCET with a specialism in journalism.

Highlights of your career: Writing a novel in my early 20s which, while unpublishable, I'm very proud of.

What malware do you hate the most? Hate is a very strong word. They are all problematic.

Favorite activities: Anything cultural.

Golden rule for cyberspace? Don't overshare – privacy is an understated virtue.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? No idea when but it was the ZX Spectrum – tape cassettes for games.

Favorite computer game / activity: Street Fighter II; Super Mario Kart; Metal Gear Solid.


225 articles by Narinder Purba

Uber agrees to $20,000 penalty over poor data security practices

Uber agrees to $20,000 penalty over poor data security practices

Uber agrees to $20,000 penalty over poor data security practices

The app-based taxi company Uber has agreed to pay a $20,000 penalty for poor data security practices and to reform its privacy policies.

Narinder Purba08 Jan 20162 min. read


Time Warner Cable: Customer data ‘may have been compromised’

Time Warner Cable: Customer data ‘may have been compromised’

Time Warner Cable: Customer data ‘may have been compromised’

Time Warner Cable, one of the biggest cable telecommunications companies in the US, has revealed that some of its customer data ‘may have been compromised’.

Narinder Purba07 Jan 20161 min. read


Gozi trojan coder free after being sentenced to time served

Gozi trojan coder free after being sentenced to time served

Gozi trojan coder free after being sentenced to time served

Deniss Calovskis, one of the men found to be responsible for the Gozi trojan, is free to return home to Latvia after being sentenced to time served.

Narinder Purba06 Jan 20161 min. read


Shipping industry gets its first set of cybersecurity guidelines

Shipping industry gets its first set of cybersecurity guidelines

Shipping industry gets its first set of cybersecurity guidelines

A number of leading shipping organizations have developed a set of cybersecurity guidelines to help the industry combat this growing threat.

Narinder Purba05 Jan 20161 min. read


Consumers ‘cautious about IoT device security’

Consumers ‘cautious about IoT device security’

Consumers ‘cautious about IoT device security’

While the hype around the Internet of Things (IoT) is warranted in many respects, consumers are nevertheless cautious about adopting the technology, a new survey suggests.

Narinder Purba05 Jan 20161 min. read


Microsoft to alert users to state-sanctioned cyberattacks

Microsoft to alert users to state-sanctioned cyberattacks

Microsoft to alert users to state-sanctioned cyberattacks

Microsoft has revealed that it will notify its users to inform them that their account has been targeted or compromised by a state-sanctioned cyberattack.

Narinder Purba04 Jan 20161 min. read


Google testing password-free account sign-in

Google testing password-free account sign-in

Google testing password-free account sign-in

Google has announced that it is piloting a new sign-in system that will, if successful, replace passwords. User authentication will be delivered through a smartphone.

Narinder Purba24 Dec 20152 min. read


UK police service ‘needs to better grasp the scale and impact of digital crime’

UK police service ‘needs to better grasp the scale and impact of digital crime’

UK police service ‘needs to better grasp the scale and impact of digital crime’

A new study from HMIC concludes that the police service in the UK needs to better understand the scale and impact of digital crime.

Narinder Purba23 Dec 20151 min. read


Quantum cryptography ‘is vulnerable to attack’

Quantum cryptography ‘is vulnerable to attack’

Quantum cryptography ‘is vulnerable to attack’

Swedish researchers have found that quantum cryptography, via energy-time entanglement, is vulnerable to being exploited by an attacker.

Narinder Purba22 Dec 20151 min. read