CyberSecurity

Are your WhatsApp messages safe? Research says a 'backdoor' exists, but company denies

Facebook can access and read your messages shared using WhatsApp, research shows.

Jan 13, 2017

NSA raw data being shared with more US agencies; privacy may go for a toss

Earlier, the NSA would remove irrelevant names and personal information from feeds it would supply to the other 16 US agencies.

Jan 13, 2017

Donald Trump finally admits to Russian hacking, but only of Democratic National Convention

The hacking led to release of emails that would discredit Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump become US president.

Jan 12, 2017

ESEA hack: This is what happens when you don't give hackers what they want!

Hackers recently released the user data of E-Sports Entertainment Association after it refused to pay $100,000 ransom.

Jan 11, 2017

Did Russia help Trump become US president so they can manipulate him with the information they have?

Apparently, US intelligence bosses have told Obama and Trump that Russia is in possession of "compromising personal and financial information" on the latter.

Jan 11, 2017

Free porn blocker software every parent needs to install on their kids' computers

These tools will prevent your kids from accessing adult websites.

Jan 10, 2017

US: As Congress confirms Trump's presidency, intelligence reports say Putin helped him get elected

A US intelligence report says Vladimir Putin "ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election" to discredit Hillary Clinton.

Jan 7, 2017

Hoax busted: PM Modi offering Rs 500 mobile recharge for free through WhatsApp is a scam

Do not forward such scams to other groups on WhatsApp.

Jan 2, 2017

7 IIT-Madras websites hacked, defaced with pro-Pakistan messages

The websites of the central library and six other departments on the same server were hacked.

Dec 30, 2016

Websites of Thiruvananthapuram and Cochin airports hacked by Pakistan cyber attacker 'Kashmir Cheetah'

The group, which calls itself the 'Kashmir Cheetah,' was also responsible for the hacking of AIIMS Raipur's website.

Dec 28, 2016

Who Is Behind The Stuxnet Lookalike, Regin Malware? Evidence Suggest British And American Spies

Government plans to launch malware cleaning centre as hacking threatens to derail its cashless economy

Government gears up for a soft launch of malware and botnet cleaning centre in India from December 20.

Dec 19, 2016

Is your phone hacked? Here are 5 simple ways to prevent it in future

Many may ask how hackers get details of somebody else's phone and access the content, but it happens because of negligence.

Dec 17, 2016

Kickass Torrents is back: Torrent site returns in a new avatar

Kickass Torrents is back with an alternate web address through the community that former staffers of the company had started.

Dec 16, 2016

One billion Yahoo user accounts hacked

Yahoo has announced that one billion of its user accounts were hacked in 2013. In the attack, affected accounts may have had names, email addresses, telephone numbers, date of birth and hashed passwords stolen. This breach is separate from the announcement in September that 500 million accounts were penetrated by a ‘state-sponsored actor’.

Dec 15, 2016

Yahoo says 1 billion accounts hacked; is your user-data safe?

This data breach is different from the one that Yahoo had disclosed in September, when it had said 500 million accounts were hacked.