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Businesses today need to urgently and proactively invest in it, Sivarama Krishnan, partner and leader Cyber Security, PwC India, said.

Hacking the election: security flaws need fixing, researchers say

A report with detailed findings from a July hacker conference which demonstrated how voting machines could be...

11 Oct 2017 11:20 AM IST

Russia, which has denied hacking U.S. systems, has been accused of interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. (Photo: Representational Image)

UK proposes internet firm levy with web safety plan

Strategy is designed to tackle bullying, abuse and other risks for children and vulnerable users.

11 Oct 2017 9:52 AM IST

Olympic rings were installed on the Esplanade du Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower following Paris nomination as the host city for the 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. (Photo: AFP)

Researchers warn of cyber risks for Olympic Games

Hackers could do damage by infiltrating stadium or scoring systems, or by releasing sensitive data on athletes.

11 Oct 2017 9:34 AM IST

Eight out of 10 Indians surveyed have encountered some form of online harassment.

Study reveals widespread online harassment in India

The level of online harassment in India was extremely concerning.

9 Oct 2017 8:41 AM IST

Cyber Hack. (Representational Image/AP)

Here's how nation-state backed threat actors steal from each other

Accurate threat intelligence relies on identifying the patterns and tools that signpost a particular threat actor.

6 Oct 2017 10:36 AM IST

The official website of the Navi Mumbai police was hacked for second time in a month.

Russian hackers stole US cyber secrets from NSA: reports

The hack would mark the latest in a series of breaches of classified data from the secretive intelligence agency.

6 Oct 2017 8:06 AM IST

Businesses today need to urgently and proactively invest in it, Sivarama Krishnan, partner and leader Cyber Security, PwC India, said.

Every third ICS computer under attack was in manufacturing companies

The peak of attackers' activity was registered in March, after which the proportion of computers attacked gradually...

4 Oct 2017 11:22 AM IST

The official website of the Navi Mumbai police was hacked for second time in a month.

Privacy fears over artificial intelligence as crimestopper

The program is part of a growing trend to use vision-based AI to thwart crime and improve public safety.

12 Nov 2017 8:04 PM IST

Russia, which has denied hacking U.S. systems, has been accused of interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. (Photo: Representational Image)

New Russian-speaking hacking group hunts for financial organizations

This is exactly the case with Silence Trojan which compromises its victim's infrastructure via spear phishing emails.

3 Nov 2017 1:04 PM IST

Cyber Hack. (Representational Image/AP)

How threat actors conduct complicated attacks at the lowest cost

It is becoming more and more common for threat actors to not use expensive attack techniques, such as zero-day...

29 Sept 2017 9:03 AM IST

Businesses today need to urgently and proactively invest in it, Sivarama Krishnan, partner and leader Cyber Security, PwC India, said.

Third party cybersecurity failures cost businesses the most

According to the report: the most costly cybersecurity breaches for businesses of all sizes result from the failures of...

22 Sept 2017 1:41 PM IST

Brute force attack is when hackers repeatedly try to gain access to systems using a range of different passwords.

Hackers were snooping inside Equifax as of march

The attackers then essentially cased the Equifax system for several weeks, the Journal reported.

21 Sept 2017 10:16 AM IST