CyberSecurity

Indian defense ministry website hacked, home ministry website down

The official website of India's Ministry of Defense was hacked Friday and went offline. The home ministry site went down less than a couple of hours later.

Apr 6, 2018

Project Building 8: Facebook planned collecting patient medical data from hospitals

The main idea behind Facebook's Building 8 project was to create customized health improvement recommendations for heart patients.

Apr 6, 2018

Cambridge Analytica accessed 87 million user profiles: Facebook brings stringent privacy guidelines

Taking note of the severity of the Cambridge Analytica data leak, Facebook has made it more stringent for third-party apps to access user profile information.

Apr 5, 2018

Fake WhatsApp that can gain access to your personal data spotted online

The malicious WhatsApp version called WhatsApp Plus is being circulated via spam comments across the Internet and it can potentially control your personal data.

Apr 5, 2018

Intel stops Spectre v2 patch for older computers: Should you be worried?

Based on consumer feedback and internal study, Intel has decided to stop releasing the software patch to fix Spectre variant 2 vulnerability in older computers.

Apr 4, 2018

New vulnerability found in January Meltdown security patch: Microsoft releases bug-fix

Microsoft's new software patch will fully protect all Windows devices with Intel, AMD, ARM Holdings and other chipsets from the Meltdown (CVE-2018-1038) security loophole.

Apr 1, 2018

US indicts nine Iranians in hacking investigation

A federal grand jury has indicted nine Iranian nationals responsible for a massive hacking campaign. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein detailed the charges in a press conference on 23 March, 2018. 

Mar 24, 2018

Facebook data leaks: After apology, Zuckerberg to testify before US House committee

The US House Energy and Commerce Committee believes Mark Zuckerberg is the right witness to answer about the Cambridge Analytica's user-data leak scandal.

Mar 23, 2018

Who is Guccifer 2.0? DNC hacking is handiwork of Russian intelligence team

In light of the new evidence, special counsel Robert Mueller plans to expand the probe into the alleged Russian meddling in the US presidential election in 2016.

Mar 23, 2018

US blames Russia for hacking power grids and other critical systems

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed Russia's involvement in targeting the US' critical systems.

Mar 16, 2018

Stealthy malware Slingshot spreads through routers: How to avoid sophisticated cyber-espionage

Kaspersky Lab researchers say that the Slingshot malware found in compromised Mikrotik routers run in both kernel mode and user mode modules.

Mar 12, 2018

Several Android smartphones infected by sly, data-stealing malware out of the box: Everything you need to know

Triada is a data-stealing malware infecting Android smartphones. Here's everything you need to know about it.

Mar 5, 2018

Biggest DDoS attack ever could keep GitHub down for only 5 minutes

Traffic on GitHub spiked to 1.3Tbps at the peak of the DDoS attack.

Mar 3, 2018

PNB data breach: Bank didn't know details of 10,000 credit, debit card holders were on sale for months

The leaked PNB data includes names, expiry dates, Personal Identification Numbers and Card Verification Values.

Feb 23, 2018

Cybercrimes cost global economy nearly $600 billion with ransomware being the fastest growing hacking tool

Cybercrime costs businesses close to $600 billion, or nearly 1 percent of global GDP, according to a new McAfee report.

Feb 22, 2018