CyberSecurity

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 take almost $600 billion toll on the global economy, a new report has revealed

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

Hackers can crack your Tinder account password with just a phone number

Security researchers have discovered a flaw in Tinder login, which lets the hackers to take over your account with a phone number.

Feb 22, 2018

Illegal cryptocurrency malware hits Tesla's Amazon Cloud resources

Tesla's cloud used to mine cryptocurrency: How to know if you're a crypto-mining victim

Tesla is the latest victim of crypto-mining malware that used company's cloud resource to mine virtual currency.

Feb 21, 2018

Facebook to use low-tech but reliable postcard service to validate US political ads sponsor

Facebook has announced that it will use the US Postal Service to check whether a political ad donor is a resident of the US.

Feb 20, 2018

60 million Android users 'cryptojacked' by malware that lets hackers mine cryptocurrency using infected phones

Over 60 million Android users have been "cryptojacked" into a drive-by cryptomining scam by the malware.

Feb 15, 2018

Director of National Intelligence says the United States is under cyber attack

DNI Dan Coats said that the United States is under attack by entities that are penetrating every major action that takes place in the United States.

Feb 14, 2018

What is cryptojacking? Cryptocurrency mining malware hits thousands of US and UK government websites

The attackers hijacked using a process called "cryptojacking" that make infected sites run a program on visitors' computers and let them mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Feb 12, 2018

Cyber attack alert: South Korea Winter Olympics falls prey to hackers, but no major threat

After the slight disruption, internet and television streaming services of South Korea Winter Olympics have recovered. Read to know who might be the mastermind of the cyber attack.

Feb 12, 2018

Digital Citizenship: Google to enlighten Indian students on Internet safety and ethical social media usage

With Digital Citizenship program, Google in collaboration with NCERT will teach students about basics of the Internet, how to seek information, social media ethics and how to avoid illegal sites.

Feb 7, 2018

Sex sells: Porn-themed malware hit over 1 million mobile users worldwide in 2017

Over 25 percent of mobile users, who encountered malware in 2017, was attacked by malicious programmes that used porn to lure them.

Feb 1, 2018

Email credentials of 2.7 million Fortune 500 company employees leaked to dark web: Report

The number of stolen employee credential makes this one of the biggest cyber security threats of 2017.

Jan 31, 2018

Google Play Protect, Android phones, malware apps

Google goes one up over malware: Robocop AI helps weed out 700,000 nefarious apps from Play Store in 2017

With the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based machine learning, Google has detected 700,000 malicious apps and also put sanctions on 100,000 plus developers from entering Android ecosystem.

Jan 31, 2018

Lenovo's fingerprint scanner can be hacked using a hardcoded password; check full list of affected devices

Hackers can use a hardcoded password to bypass the fingerprint scanner embedded in the affected devices, Lenovo said.

Jan 30, 2018

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