In a development which indicates Iran's unrelenting attempts to eradicate Western sway on its Internet, the country revealed in a Sunday announcement that it has launched a YouTube-like video-sharing site - called `Mehr' - which is a censored and monitored site, sanctioned by the Iranian government.

Online shopping store of Greece is a great place to buy as well as donate to charity. Doromu. com has come up with a new strategy under which it not only assists the consumers in buying the products right from their desktops but it also makes significant steps towards donating to the charities in the country.

Over 400 Chinese government websites have been attacked by Pakistani groups. It is said to be first major attack by Pakistani hackers who are basically supporters of Islamic neighbors.

Going by the statistics contained in the final edition of the Internet Access in South Africa 2012 study, the reduced cost of data and the accelerated network rollout in South Africa during the past two-year period led to a two-fold increase in broadband access in the country.

According to a recently-released report by security vendors Versafe and Check Point Software Technologies, an amount of approximately €36million ($47) million was stolen from European banking customers over the last one year; with the hackers using a new Zeus botnet version dubbed `Eurograbber.'

On Thursday, four members of the Anonymous online hacking group were convicted for their role in the `Operation Payback' campaign, in which the websites of Visa, PayPal, MasterCard, and other companies that refused to process the payments made to the WikiLeaks whistleblower website, were attacked.

While updating Parliament on the security measures which are being taken, the UK Government recently revealed that a crucial role is being played by the experts at GCHQ in Cheltenham towards ensuring that the country remains protected against cyber attacks.

At the launch of the operations at its new $65 million Intelligent Internet Data Centre in Rimouski, Quebec, on Tuesday, Vancouver-based telecom company Telus Corp. announced that it intends making an additional $13 million investment in Quebec to enhance IT infrastructure.