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The attack caused internet outages for about 4.5 percent of Deutsche Telekom's 20 million fixed-line customers.

Spiderman sentenced to prison over Germany cyberattacks

The 29-year old hacker, who used the online alias "Spiderman", among other names, also faces criminal charges in Britain.

30 Jul 2017 9:29 PM

Do note that there are many paid VPN services that are also equally dangerous for use. Choose wisely.

Free VPN: are VPNs safe? What are the hidden risks?

VPNs are basically services (or software) that spoofs your IP address

29 Jul 2017 3:10 PM

Balan went ahead to even warn that there could be more than 120,000 cameras out there that could be vulnerable and someone could also create a 20,000 botnet with it.

Researcher warns that 120,000+ internet security cameras can be easily hacked

Balan demoed his hack at the conference, hoping to create awareness amongst users and brands.

29 Jul 2017 11:18 AM

It provides corporate Macs with cloud-based multilayered protection and gives service providers more automation and management capabilities.

New Kaspersky endpoint security cloud protects businesses on Mac devices

Kaspersky Lab has released a new generation of its Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud.

18 Jul 2017 4:18 PM

The Post reported that US intelligence officials learned last week of newly analyzed information that showed that top UAE government officials discussed the planned hacks on May 23, the day before they occurred. (Photo: AP)

UAE behind Qatar govt websites hacking that sparked crisis: media

UAE Ambassador Yousef al-Otaiba denied the report in a statement, saying it was ‘false’.

17 Jul 2017 11:56 AM

The incident occurred in less than a year after Trump Hotels had settled with victims of a security breach.

Trump Hotels' reservation service breached, payment information data stolen

The current breach took place at the Sabrea Hospitality Solutions, which is a reservation service used by the Trump Hotels.

12 Jul 2017 11:30 AM

The team, including PhD student Ajaya Neupane, used one EEG headset currently available to consumers online and one clinical-grade headset used for scientific research to demonstrate how easily a malicious software programme could passively eavesdrop on a user's brainwaves. (Representational image)

‘Hackers can guess passwords, PINs from brainwaves’

Researchers, who discovered this flaw, suggested that brainwave-sensing headsets need better security.

01 Jul 2017 8:57 AM

Also, the hacking group Team System DZ also targeted the Washington State Department of Health website, as well as a number of pages belonging to international organizations.

US government websites hacked; anti-Trump, pro-ISIS messages posted

The websites of Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Howard County, Maryland, were the first two which were compromised on Sunday.

27 Jun 2017 9:12 PM

The complaint to the attorney general's office by nine people followed a report by the New York Times that some of them had been spied on with software known as Pegasus, which Israeli company NSO Group sold to Mexico's government.

Activists and journalists in Mexico complain of government spying

Mexico's government purchased about $80 million worth of spyware from NSO Group.

20 Jun 2017 8:10 AM

The officials gave no details of the number of people on the US team or progress in the investigation.

US investigators helping Qatar probe alleged news agency website hacking

The row erupted days after the first visit by US President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia.

04 Jun 2017 9:21 PM

Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheik Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. (Photo: AFP)

Hackers break into Bahrain foreign minister's Twitter account, post insulting videos

The Foreign Ministry did not accuse any party of carrying out hacking but it appeared to have been carried out by Shiite Muslim militants.

03 Jun 2017 7:23 PM

Automated monitoring ensures that particular tasks are created and assigned to the appropriate person within a team.

Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business automates managed security

With Kaspersky Security Integration Plugin installed, MSP security teams have access to automated security scanning and updates.

29 May 2017 4:44 PM

Flights from London's two biggest airports on Saturday were cancelled after a global computer system failure caused confusion and chaos.

Flights from London cancelled as global IT outage causes chaos

The failure, caused by a power supply problem, disrupted BA's flight operations worldwide.

29 May 2017 8:33 AM

Hackers used malware to steal customer payment data from most of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc's restaurants over a span of three weeks.

Hackers hit most restaurants in data breach

It’s not known how many payment cards or customers were affected by the breach.

27 May 2017 9:28 AM

The hack was performed using an infrared photo of the eye with a simple contact lens over it.

Hackers break Samsung Galaxy S8’s strong iris scanning security with great ease

Iris scanning was expensive and was used in higher security zones such as high profile offices and alike.

24 May 2017 10:07 AM

The tool does not need any internet connection, keeping you safe from any risk of being infected while scanning.

Here's a free tool to scan your PC for WannaCry

The application will scan your computer and see if it is fully patched to block all known vulnerabilities.

23 May 2017 12:33 PM

North Korea dismisses role in recent cyber attacks

Up to 300,000 computers in 150 countries were hit by the WannaCry worm, which seizes systems and demands payment in Bitcoin.

23 May 2017 8:00 AM

Disney's unreleased film claimed to be held for ransom by hackers

Disney chief Bob Iger said Monday hackers claiming to have access to one of the company's unreleased movies were demanding a "huge" ransom.

16 May 2017 2:37 PM

State-owned oil giant PetroChina said in a statement that it had to disconnect the networks linking its petrol stations nationwide for 12 hours on Saturday and accept only cash after the company's internet payment functions were disabled.

Ransomware hits 'hundreds of thousands' of China PCs: firm

The indiscriminate attack began Friday and struck banks, hospitals and government agencies around the world.

15 May 2017 8:16 PM

IT Ministry contacts RBI, others against Wanna Cry

Wanna Cry ransomware has wrecked havoc across sectors like healthcare and telecoms in more than 100 countries.

15 May 2017 11:28 AM

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