CyberSecurity

LinkedIn suffers another mega breach; 700mn users' data at risk: Company denies allegations [details]

LinkedIn has responded to the alleged data breach targeting 700 million users, denying the reports while confirming that "no private LinkedIn member data was exposed."

Jun 30, 2021

Cyberspace terrorists fuel cross-border terrorism; Shringla calls for global solution at UNSC [details]

Foreign Secretary Harshvardhan Shringla said the Member States need to adopt a collaborative rules-based approach in cyberspace and work towards ensuring its openness, stability and security, which ensure collective cybersecurity through international cooperation achievable by multi-stakeholder involvement.

Jun 29, 2021

Chinese military behind massive cyber intrusions targeting India, other countries [shocking details]

Active since 2014, RedFoxtrot predominantly targets aerospace and defense, government, telecommunications, mining, and research organizations in India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and other countries.

Jun 18, 2021

EA hacked; 780GB game source data for FIFA 21, other crucial tools up for sale

The hackers said they have taken the source code for FIFA 21, as well as code for its matchmaking server.

Jun 11, 2021

CoWIN not hacked, 15 cr Indians' data safe; false claims made by hacker group [details]

A hacker group claimed they have a database of about 15 crore Indians who registered themselves on CoWIN platform, but that's far from the truth.

Jun 10, 2021

Domino's India mega breach now made mobile numbers, email IDs public; 18cr datasets exposed [details]

Independent cyber security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia had first reported the hacking incident and said that the same entity was behind the MobiKwik hacking.

May 24, 2021

Air India mega breach: Passport details, credit cards leaked; 45 lakh passengers affected

In a shocking revelation, India's national air carrier Air India suffered a major data breach, which is believed to have affected 45 lakh passengers.

May 21, 2021

Nude video call trick to extort money; fraudsters blackmail WhatsApp users in India

WhatsApp users beware. Scammers are using nude video call trick to blackmail and extort money from users.

May 20, 2021

iPhone, Android users beware; these fake apps could drain your bank accounts empty [details]

These counterfeit apps impersonate major financial brands and thus make the targets believe they were installing an app from a genuine App store.

May 17, 2021

Domino's India hacked; credit card data of 10L users on 'sale' for Rs 4 cr

The threat actor is looking for around $550,000 (approximately Rs 4 crore) for the database and saying they have plans to build a search portal to enable querying the data.

Apr 18, 2021

Beware of ITR fraud; phishing scam dupes taxpayers using classic methods

Scammers are now targeting tax payers as they try to file for returns using online methods. Here's why you should be alert.

Apr 13, 2021

Indian news portal's server breach exposes 40mn users; hackers selling 700K records for $350

Personal data of over 700,000 users is reportedly up for grabs for just $350, but the hackers who exploited a vulnerability in the Indian news portal say they accessed data of 40 million users.

Apr 11, 2021

Linkedin data leak: Major breach exposes 500 million users on Microsoft platform [details]

An archive with data purportedly scraped from 500 million LinkedIn profiles has been put for sale on a popular hacker forum, with another 2 million records leaked as a proof-of-concept sample by people behind the hack.

Apr 9, 2021

Facebook data leak: 53 crore users' personal details dumped online, 61 lakh Indians affected [details]

The leaked data includes Facebook ID numbers, profile names, email addresses, location information, gender details, job data, and other details.

Apr 4, 2021

MobiKwik says user data safe and secure; denies breach of 3.5mn users amid IPO plans

Independent cybersecurity researchers have claimed that a database containing KYC details of nearly 3.5 million users of MobiKwik is up for sale on the Dark Web.

Mar 29, 2021