Tag: Hackers
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Hackers demand 6 Bitcoins ransom for restoration of Telangana, AP power websites
T Srinivas, Director (Projects and IT) of Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (SPDCL), assuring no data breach said the website of their organisation is open and that of Northern Power Distribution Company Limited is in the process of restoration.
May 3, 2019 -
Choose the right profession
With demand still outstripping supply of cybersecurity professionals, opportunities for those who wish to embrace this field should be both, plentiful and attractive.
August 31, 2018 -
Cybercrimes cost businesses $600 billion globally: McAfee
Cybercrimes have cost businesses close to $600 billion globally – or 0.8 percent of the global GDP – which is up from $445 billion reported three years back, a report said on Thursday. The report by the global cybersecurity firm McAfee, prepared along with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said that over …
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February 23, 2018 -
European Union holds hackathon for Indian developers in Bengaluru
The European Union’s delegation to India on Friday held a hackathon challenge for Indian developers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here to develop smart city applications (apps). “The hackathon was held to familiarise Indian developers from start-ups and academia with emerging global standards for machine-machine communications and the Internet of Things (IoT),” EU …
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February 19, 2018 -
WEF launches Global Centre for Cybersecurity
In a bid to safeguard the world from hackers and growing data breaches especially from nation-states the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday announced a new Global Centre for Cybersecurity. Headquartered in Geneva, the centre will become operational from March. “Cyber security has been the most pressing issue of our times. We badly needs a …
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January 24, 2018 -
WhatsApp says its end-to-end encryption is impeccable, denies group chats vulnerability
After German cryptographers reported flaws that makes it possible to infiltrate WhatsApp’s private group chats without admin permission, the Facebook-owned messaging platform said on Thursday its end-to-end encryption is impeccable and its over one billion users are at no data breach risk. According to a report in Wired.com, cryptographers from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany …
January 11, 2018 -
Hackers targeting Winter Olympics in South Korea: McAfee
The campaign to target Pyeongchang Olympics began December 22 last year.
January 8, 2018 -
All Mac, iOS devices affected by chip bugs but safe now: Apple
Breaking the silence over potential security flaws in chips, Apple has admitted that all Mac systems and iOS devices are affected but are safe at the moment. Security researchers have uncovered security issues in chips known as “Meltdown” and “Spectre”. “These issues apply to all modern processors and affect nearly all computing devices and operating …
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January 8, 2018 -
Google deploys chip-level patch to protect from potential security bugs in chips
To safeguard its customers from potential security bugs in chips, Google has deployed a novel chip-level patch across its entire infrastructure, resulting in only minor declines in performance in most cases. “In response to the vulnerabilities that were discovered, we developed a novel mitigation called ‘Retpoline’ – a binary modification technique that protects against ‘branch …
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January 8, 2018 -
Cyber security expert John McAfee’s Twitter account hacked
"Though I am a security expert, I have no control over Twitter's security. I have haters. I am a target."
December 29, 2017 -
Android smartphone sensors can allow hackers to guess your phone’s PIN and unlock
Instruments in smartphones such as the accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensors represent a potential security vulnerability as researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found that data from these sensors could be used by hackers to guess the security PIN and unlock it. Using a combination of information gathered from six different sensors found in smartphones …
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December 27, 2017 -
China shuts down 13,000 websites since 2015 for violating internet rules
China has shut down or revoked the licenses of 13,000 websites since 2015 for violating the country’s internet rules, state media reported today. The news comes as the Communist country continues to strengthen its already tight regulation of the internet, a move which critics say has picked up pace since President Xi Jinping came to …
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December 26, 2017 -
Chinese hacker groups to shift focus to India in 2018: FireEye
Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups that have allegedly been creating cyber havoc internationally will shift their focus in 2018 to countries like India and Hong Kong and groups seen as a threat to Beijing’s influence over global markets, enterprise cybersecurity company FireEye said on Thursday. Hacker groups backed by nation-states are termed as APTs. …
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December 7, 2017 -
Uber sued in U.S. over 2016 massive data hack
The Los Angeles City Attorney has sued global ride-hailing app Uber, saying that the company broke California law when it failed to disclose a data breach that exposed the license numbers of 600,000 Uber drivers. Mike Feuer filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of California residents, Los Angeles Times reported …
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December 5, 2017 -
Hackers stole data from 57 million Uber riders, drivers: CEO
Uber has said that hackers compromised personal data from some 57 million riders and drivers in a breach kept hidden for a year. “None of this should have happened, and I will not make excuses for it,” said a statement from chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi, who took over at the ridesharing giant in August. Two …
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November 22, 2017 -
Hackers left firms poorer by $4 bn in first half of 2017
Global losses due to cyber attacks, including cost of damage control and productivity loss, amounted to as much as $4 billion in the first half of 2017, a new report claimed on Thursday. According to the ‘2017 Midyear Security Roundup’ by global cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, businesses are faced with increased ransomware, Business Email Compromise …
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September 21, 2017 -
Why people tend to support hackers’ group
Anger against societal injustices and the feeling of being disconnected from the political process are more likely to drive people to support Anonymous — the loose collective of hackers and online activists, psychologists have found. The study showed that anger against the political system was the common factor in explaining the relationship between people’s belief …
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September 6, 2017