CyberSecurity

Hundreds of Twitter accounts, including those of major media outlets and celebrities, hacked over Turkey-Netherlands protest

Some Twitter users claimed that hackers compromised a third party analytics app called Twitter Counter, which allowed intruders access to the accounts.

Mar 15, 2017

Border Wars: The view from both sides of the fight over US immigration

On one side, 30-year-old Ammi Arevalo, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, requests Trump to not deport her because of her illegal immigration status, and on the other side, Sam Herrera, an Outreach Director at Stop the Magnet, an anti-illegal immigration organization based in Houston, focuses on deporting undocumented immigrants from the United States. He calls illegal immigration a cancer that needs to be cured.

Mar 15, 2017

Kellyanne Conway is right, partially: Here're 5 'not-so-smart' home appliances that can be hacked

The growing number of connected devices and the increasing risk of them being hacked has turned Internet of Things into a mixed blessing.

Mar 15, 2017

How safe is your Fitbit? Hackers targeting fitness watch users for ransom

It is disturbing how the technology advances are being molested by cybercriminals for their own gain.

Mar 14, 2017

Private life of world's most wanted cybercriminal and owner of malicious malware revealed

Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev is the administrator of GameOver Zeus botnet, a malicious and sophisticated malware.

Mar 13, 2017

Malware alert! Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S7, LG G4 hit by preinstalled malware; full list of affected devices here

The affected Android phones belonged to a large telecommunications company and a multinational technology company.

Mar 11, 2017

What you need to know about the nude photo scandal rocking the US Marine Corps

Thousands of US Marines are allegedly sharing compromising photos and videos of female Marines and veterans in a Facebook group, Marines United. The Naval Criminal Investigation Service began investigating after reports on a Marine news site.Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Robert B Neller, has called the incident embarrassing” and urged victims to come forward. The investigation hasnt stopped Marines United members from sharing nude photos though.

Mar 11, 2017

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves tech firms in dilemma by offering CIA hacking tools

Tech companies are in an unusual position of relying on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a person who is believed by some US officials to have links to Moscow.

Mar 10, 2017

What is Wiretapping? Why Donald Trump's allegations against Barack Obama are widely described as baseless

While Trump's claims have been widely described by many as baseless, some may even be wondering what wiretapping is in the first place.

Mar 6, 2017

Kerala to make Internet access a fundamental right, and the whole country should follow suit | OPINION

Kerala will provide free Internet access to 20 lakh people, while others will get access at a minimal price.

Mar 5, 2017

How Twitter can gather information to make Wall Street money

Peter Bailey, chief strategy officer of Dataminr, says his Goldman Sachs-backed firm can turn tweets and other public information into market intelligence that makes Wall Street money. Heres how its done.

Mar 2, 2017

Government launches free anti-virus for PC, mobile phones to strengthen Digital India initiative

This is the safest and cheapest way to stay protected online.

Feb 21, 2017

Maximum e-commerce complaints filed against bookmyoffer.com, e-bay, Snapdeal and Amazon till 2016

Among leading e-tailers, the maximum complaints were received against e-bay (135), Snapdeal (120) and Amazon (114); Flipkart's arm Myntra had just two complaints filed against it.

Feb 8, 2017

Spammed! India faces maximum IP blocks as spam emails globally rise to record levels

A Cisco study finds that more than one-third of organisations that have been subject to a cyber attack lost 20% of revenue or more.

Feb 7, 2017

One-fifth of the dark web taken down by hacker for hosting child porn

An anonymous hacker took down more than 10,000 websites after discovering disturbing amount of child porn in the dark web.

Feb 6, 2017