Hacking

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2024 | Last Update : 06:41 PM IST

US government not upfront about hackers targeting elections, so Congress relies on tech firms for alerts

With the Trump administration blocking what Congress learns about election threats, private companies are called upon to fill the breach.

19 Sep 2020 8:37 PM

The attack, which Twitter and federal police are investigating, started with a playful message between hackers on the platform Discord, a chat service popular with gamers, according to the New York Times. (Photo | AFP)

Young group of hacker pals carried out Twitter attack, not Russia: NYT

The paper interviewed four people who took part in the hacking, who shared logs and screenshots to back up their statements of what happened

18 Jul 2020 8:57 PM

The Indian government has also demanded information of vulnerability exploited by attackers and modus operandi of the attack and sought details of remedial actions taken by Twitter to mitigate the impact of the hacking incident. (Photo | Pixabay - Elchinator)

Govt seeks info from Twitter on Indian users affected by recent hack

CERT-In has also asked Twitter if affected users have been informed about unauthorised access to their Twitter accounts.

18 Jul 2020 5:39 PM

The US Defense Department has been hosting training exercises for 10 years now, with Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia as participants. This time it was all online. In this picture, Chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White briefs reporters at the Pentagon, May 3, 2018. (Photo | US Dept of Defense - Army Sgt Amber I Smith)

Not just the US election, even critical infrastructure faces rising foreign hacking threat

Virtual war games are being conducted to sharpen the US Cyber Command’s ability to counter online threats.

26 Jun 2020 6:48 PM

A protester's sign is shown at Peachtree Plaza during a demonstration Saturday, June 6, 2020, in downtown Atlanta. Protesters were demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, who died after he was restrained by Minneapolis police on May 25. (Photo | AP)

Websites taken down, police radio radio disrupted amid Black Lives Matter protests in US

There were interruptions to police radio frequencies in the last weekend of May as despatchers tried to direct responses to large protests.

12 Jun 2020 8:50 PM

Sweet Farm co-founder Nate Salpeter uses his iPhone to speak to a group during a Zoom meeting on May 1, 2020 in Half Moon Bay, California. The number of daily video meetings on Zoom skyrocketed from 10 million in January to more than 300 million at the end of April. (Photo | AFP)

Zoom will enhance security on free accounts too, firm says in deal reached on New York investigation

The company also agreed to conduct regular risk assessment and software code reviews to detect vulnerabilities.

08 May 2020 4:54 PM

India this week banned the use of Zoom for government remote meetings, saying it “is not a safe platform.” (Representative Image | AFP)

Only paid Zoom users can opt not to have Zoom calls routed through China, free users can't choose

Amid concerns over information passing through China where it might be subject to snooping, users of the free app have no such protection

17 Apr 2020 1:40 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wearing a protective mask chairs a meeting with chief ministers on COVID-19 lockdown via video conference, in New Delhi, Saturday, April 11, 2020. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and others are also seen. (Photo | PTI)

After Zoom gets hacked, Government issues advisory cautioning staff against using third-party apps

Stick to videoconferencing solutions provided by the government's National Informatics Centre, the advisory says

13 Apr 2020 4:33 PM

A yoga teacher in Hong Kong holds a Zoom meeting for a guided session of the fitness activity. (Photo | AFP)

Zoom introduces security measures to ensure there is no more Zoombombing

Last week’s embarrassing hacking of official group calls by naked men exposed the lack of security in the videoconferencing web app

05 Apr 2020 2:58 PM

The database backup file on the system was unencrypted.

Warning! SpiceJet confirms data breach of 1.2 million passenger details

A security researcher gained access to one of the airline's systems by brute-forcing an easily-guessable password.

31 Jan 2020 7:10 AM

The targets of the hacking included diplomats, political dissidents, journalists, along with military and government officials.

India plans security audit of WhatsApp after hacking attempt

WhatsApp last month sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of helping clients break into the phones.

29 Nov 2019 7:44 AM

The petition could present a new legal headache for WhatsApp.

Activist asks Indian court to order probe into WhatsApp over hacking scandal

K.N. Govindacharya filed his petition accusing it of helping clients break into the phones of roughly 1,400 users across four continents.

05 Nov 2019 7:51 AM

The industries with the highest number of stolen credentials were quite alarming. (Photo: ANI)

32 passwords you should never use unless you are begging to be hacked

An analysis of about 20 million passwords has revealed that a mere 4.9 million were unique.

31 Oct 2019 12:26 PM

The spokesman also said that the reports that the hacker used Iranian infrastructure was an attempt to “drive a wedge” between Russia and Iran. (Representational image)

Russia dismisses hacking reports as 'unsavoury'

Moscow and Tehran have both repeatedly denied Western allegations over hacking.

25 Oct 2019 12:22 PM

After accessing target accounts, which belonged to younger women, he used password resets on third-party sites to break into Apple iCloud and other accounts.

For sexual content, ex-Yahoo engineer hacked into 6000 accounts

Ruiz, 34, used his employee access to the company's internal network to crack users' passwords.

02 Oct 2019 7:29 AM

A new type of Supermicro bug could potentially allow hackers to take down the entire network of computers on corporate servers using 'virtual USBs'. (Photo: ANI)

Corporate servers threaten by supermicro bugs

The flaw in the remote management device could allow an attacker to plug in a 'virtual' thumb drive laden with malware.

04 Sep 2019 10:42 AM

The vulnerability allows anyone in range of your camera's WiFi to easily install malware that would encrypt photos and potentially ask for ransom for a key to unlock them. (Representative image)

Researchers find DSLRs vulnerable to ransomware

Check Point Software revealed that the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) is vulnerable to malware attacks.

13 Aug 2019 7:37 AM

The malware is designed to target just French computer users with Varenyky being aimed at those subscribed to Orange customers. (Photo: Pixabay)

Watch porn? New malware waits until you visit porn site, then starts recording

The Varenyky spambot starts recording your screen whenever you visit a porn website.

12 Aug 2019 1:31 PM

The group has used nearly 150 unique pieces of malware. (Representative Image)

Chinese govt hackers suspected of part-time hacking projects

The group has used spear-phishing, or trick emails designed to elicit login information.

08 Aug 2019 11:00 AM

Recent studies has shown that both the number of cyber-attacks and data breaches among SMBs have increased from 2018 to 2019.

Top 3 Reasons to use Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for SMBs

Hacking several small or medium sized businesses successfully can be more profitable than trying to hack a major company.

31 Jul 2019 8:56 PM

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