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Kolkata: Cyber adjudicator fines man for spying on wife's mobile phone

The man denied all allegations during the hearings before the adjudicator, claiming the complaint was false and motivated.

21 Apr 2017 4:54 PM

The victim was tricked into changing her cellular network and in doing so, she gave her bank details to the suspect, who then cheated her.

Cyber thugs dupe woman of Rs 70,000

Suspect said he was from Airtel, asked for her bank details.

19 Apr 2017 2:27 AM

Police said online harassment had grown alarmingly with the rise in smart phone use in Bangladesh, and teenage girls were the main targets. (Representational Image)

Bangladesh trains teenage girls to fight cyber crime

More than 10,000 school-age girls will take part in government workshops around the country.

18 Apr 2017 3:21 PM

One of the most common security breaches is to hack into somebody's account.

Airbnb updates security systems to prevent hijacking by scammers

Airbnb is currently using predictive models, trained using machine learning techniques that look for uncharacteristic behavior to flag

17 Apr 2017 9:23 PM

Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (Photo: PTI/File)

Terror acts aim to break,weaken India: Rajnath Singh

India's progress has become a sore in the eye of certain elements as they cannot see it emerging as fastest growing economy, says Rajanth.

14 Apr 2017 10:59 AM

On Monday, the bodies of the students from Sinhgad Institute of Engineering were found at an isolated place near Bhushi dam in Lonavala. (Photo: DC archives)

Police detains 60 in Lonavala double murder case probe

According to sources, the police is about to solve the case though it has not arrested anybody yet.

06 Apr 2017 3:06 AM

TUEs are issued by sports federations and national anti-doping organizations to allow athletes to take certain banned substances for verified medical needs.

IAAF says medical records compromised by Fancy Bear hacking group

Athletes who had applied for TUEs since 2012 have been contacted and IAAF president, Sebastian Coe, apologized

04 Apr 2017 9:13 PM

The goal of the threatening message is mainly to “scare the victim into paying to unlock the browser before thee victims realize they don’t actually have to pay the ransom to recover data or access the browser.”

Safari bug causes hackers to indulge in ransomware

The scammers have exploited the handling of dialogs in Safari browser

29 Mar 2017 2:10 PM

The level of service involved when arranging a DDoS attack on the black market is not very different from that of a legal business.

Criminal benefits: profit margin of a DDoS attack can reach 95 per cent

Arranging an attack costs as little as $7 an hour, while the targeted company can end up losing thousands, if not millions, of dollars.

27 Mar 2017 5:49 PM

The Russian hackers didn't have to work very hard to break into people's email accounts, even those belonging to government officials or powerful executives.

How to elude Russian hackers with decent password security

Details from the Department of Justice show that people are still not taking precautions to safeguard their email accounts

17 Mar 2017 11:05 AM

Higher spending on cyber security is one of the top priorities for the ministry over the next five years.

Attacks on US-linked Polish sites back higher cyber spending - minister

He declined to specify who was behind the attacks, but said they included pro-Russian content

16 Mar 2017 9:20 PM

Kaspersky fraud prevention cloud enables machine learning for multi-channel protection

the new product features a set of cloud-based technologies designed to give banks, financial institutions and loyalty schemes providers

15 Mar 2017 5:03 PM

Internet can't be used as weapon of harassment against women

UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri voiced concern over the growing prevalence of cyber bullying, trolling and voyeurism.

14 Mar 2017 6:16 PM

India and the US are working towards strengthening bilateral ties on security front, including training programmes.

India, US will boost training programme to fight terror

Indian cops to be trained in US on hostage crisis, cyber crime.

06 Mar 2017 2:36 AM

Shaina files complaint after receiving lewd messages

The BJP spokesperson lodged a complaint at the Cyber Crime Police station at BKC in Mumbai.

04 Mar 2017 1:41 AM

Now the devices are also being sought after as a gateway to key information about its user, experts at the phone industry's largest annual trade fair said.

Cybercriminals focusing on data-rich smartphones

Ransomware, which seizes control of computers and demands money to unblock users' data, has already started to target smartphones.

02 Mar 2017 5:39 PM

Police say the hackers and bullies in such cases are aged between 14 and 34 years.

Increased Net access sees spurt in cyber bullying

Mumbai police data says cyber crime in the city has increased by 50 per cent to 15,497 cases in 2016 as compared to 11,592 cases in 2015.

17 Feb 2017 1:12 AM

Criminals fabricate copy of FIR to secure ‘regular bail’ by manipulating the software of the Patna high court in a case of economic offence of 2012. (Representational image)

Criminals forge judicial papers, hoodwink FIRs

Cyber experts believe breach of judicial data poses a question mark over the security of sensitive documents available online.

13 Feb 2017 1:16 AM

Findikoglu, 35, is expected to get credit for the time he spent in custody since his arrest in Germany in 2013.

Turkish hacker behind cyber heists gets 8 years in US prison

Ercan Findikoglu was sentenced by US District Judge in Brooklyn after pleading guilty to computer intrusion conspiracy and other charges

12 Feb 2017 9:19 PM

Kolkata: Student held for circulating morphed photos of woman on social media

Two mobile phones, SIM cards and memory cards have been seized from him from which the crime was committed.

10 Feb 2017 10:15 AM

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