CyberSecurity

Hackers send cabs to same location in Russia; creates huge traffic jam [here's why]

In a bizarre incident, hackers broke into the ride-hailing service provider Yandex Taxi's software and sent dozens of cars to the same location, resulting in a traffic jam that lasted for three hours.

26 days ago

Kashmir University students' personal data leaked; listed on dark web for $250 [details]

Personal data of 1M+ Kashmir University students hacked; put on sale for $250 [details]

Personal data of over one million Kashmir University students has been spotted on a hacking forum, listed for as little as $250.

Aug 9, 2022

Cleartrip confirms data breach; says data is 'safe' [details]

Flipkart-owned flight booking platform Cleartrip has reported a data breach. However, the company told its customers that their data was safe.

Jul 19, 2022

Personal details of 1 billion Chinese people dumped on Dark Web; on sale for 10 Bitcoins [details]

The leaked data may belong to Chinese citizens as a user on an underground hacking forum claimed to be selling a 23TB database for 10 Bitcoins of billions of Chinese citizens.

Jul 5, 2022

Who's Crypto Queen on run? FBI announces $100K reward on Ruja Ignatova

In 2014, Ignatova founded OneCoin, a Bulgarian-based crypto bereft of blockchain but turned out to be a Ponzi scheme to rival Bitcoin

Jul 2, 2022

UP govt's Twitter handle hacked; hundreds of malicious tweets posted, DP removed [details]

After the UP CMO official Twitter was taken over by hackers, more than 400-500 tweets were made from the account. The hackers had also removed the Chief Minister's display picture from the Twitter handle.

Apr 11, 2022

Mega cyberattack took down Israeli govt sites; no clue who's behind it [details]

A number of Israeli government websites went down in an apparent cyberattack as the country's cyber authority confirmed it was a DDoS attack that had blocked access to government websites, and that all websites were back online.

Mar 15, 2022

Russian disinformation campaign against Ukraine exposed; FB, Twitter take action [details]

Facebook and Twitter removed two anti-Ukraine "covert influence operations" over the weekend. One had ties to Russia, while the other was connected to Belarus.

Mar 3, 2022

India bans another 54 Chinese apps [see full list]

In a statement, the Ministry said that these 54 apps allegedly obtained critical permissions and collected real time data that was being misused and transmitted to servers located in hostile country

Feb 14, 2022

Google paid $8.7 mn to bug hunters in 2021; Indore-guy topped the list [details]

Google paid $296,000 for over 220 unique security reports, specifically shouting out Pandey of the Bugsmirror Team, Yu-Cheng Lin, and researcher gzobqq@gmail.com (who secured the highest $157,000 award).

Feb 13, 2022

Go First Twitter account hacked; airlines working to restore control [details]

Go First airlines confirmed that the account had been compromised and that it is working with Twitter to restore and gain control.

Jan 25, 2022

Hackers targeting govt officials with tailored clickbaits for phishing attacks; shocking success rate [details]

These phishing emails come from government domain email addresses, making it easier to spoof government officials even with clickbaiting.

Dec 27, 2021

WhatsApp users beware; do not answer video calls from unknown callers [here's why]

Cyber criminals run recorded porn videos, and then send your recording back to you, asking for money which could be anywhere from Rs 10,000 to over a few lakh.

Nov 21, 2021

'FBI email servers were hacked to target security researcher' [details inside]

The attackers used legitimate FBI systems to conduct the attack, using email addresses scraped from a database for the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), among other sources.

Nov 14, 2021

Global ransomware cybercrime network busted; 7 accused who made €200mn in ransom arrested [details]

A four-year joint operation between Interpol and Europol busted a ransomware cybercrime gang, leading to seven crucial arrests involved in major malware crimes across the globe.

Nov 10, 2021

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